Life, 1898-12-15 · page 14 of 20
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This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: **"Raise Their Salaries"** critiques the hypocrisy of elite universities. College presidents like Yale's Dwight (who recently resigned) are in high demand, yet universities want "first-class men" but offer only "third or fourth-class salaries." The satire points out the contradiction: institutions expect distinguished leaders but won't pay competitive wages. The article advocates raising presidential salaries to at least $10,000-15,000 annually. **"The Kids and the Cuddy"** (bottom right) humorously depicts a newlywed couple's visit to family friends in England. The couple's children resent the bride as an "interloper," believing the husband belongs exclusively to them. The satire portrays children's possessiveness and provincial attitudes. The story resolves when the bride and groom strategically give wedding gifts rather than receive them—reversing expectations to win over the jealous children. The cartoons illustrating these articles show period humor typical of early 20th-century Life magazine's blend of social commentary and domestic comedy.
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514 -LIFE: Palmistry. HE read my palm, and Inughed to find (queer blunder) No love-lines traced by Cupid's magic dart ; Sho read my palm—would sho havo laughed, I wonder, Could she have read my heart? Raise Their Salaries. REEDERS, educators, trainers, and any others who may be interested, should take notice that the demand for college presidents clearly ex- ceeds the supply. Colleges have grown enor- B E mously in number, wealth, size andimportance, i? [DANGER. ¥ and every big university now wants a big man Shy Rave to runit. Presideat Dwight’s resignation sets Yale on the <==" quest for a new head, Amherst, Brown, Oberlin and ~~ divers other universities were already in the field. What is needed are men who are pious without being narrow, learned without being mere students, enterprising without being reckless, open to new ideas without being too prone to innovation; men of excellent businecs ability, who are still not unduly affected by business considerations; practi- cal men, who still have ideals. Briefly, what the great colleges want is first-class men, “pane ME, Pency! 1 AIN'T Prt TER DIEI” If they can find them, they are prepared to pay them third “YER WORDS 18 USELESS, YER MUST YIELD UP A LIPE WOT HAs FILLED or fourth-class salaries, They must raise their rates of com- -¥_ UNSUSPECTPCL MEanT wip NOTHIN’ BUT SORRER. YOUR HOUB 18 pensation. Yale ought to pay its President at least ten CO*t!” (But Re does not kilt her. He forgters.) thousand dollars a year, and fifteen thousand dollars would = not be too much. ‘The sort of ciao that Yale needs ought not to The Kids and the Cuddy. be deterred from going to her by fiscal considerations. The bead- MAN I know was ship of such a university ought to be a tolerably good financial married one day, and ‘: ho and his bride went prize, as well as a post of very high distinction abroad on their wedding fl Lf y iY e and importance. j i, ourney. They spent ——— i some time ina ploturesque little village in Worcestershire, England, where were living old, © intimate friends of bis. He was very fond of the chil- dren of the Wor- cestershire family, and they were very fond of him, He had been sponsor to the girl at her chris- tening, the boy boro his name, and they called him, and be- lieved him to be, thelr uncle. They felt that ho was, somo- how, exclusively thelr own, and they resented the presenco of the stranger, whom they considered an interloper. Sho did her best to overcome the prejudico against her, and in @ measure she guccecded—by means of a bribe. They understood that wedding presents were proper and cus- tomary, and they agreed that somo suitable and appropriate wedding present would set matters straight and restore harmony. Things in this case, however, were to be reversed, and tho bride and groom were made to understand that it “wy cap! wy can! waat #48 HAPPENED To You?" would be better for them to give than to take. “WHY, MOTHER, I STEPPED IN THE PuHOTOORAPHER's DEveLorEn.” Tho reconciliation being thus offected, tho great question