Life, 1900-07-05 · page 7 of 20
Life — July 5, 1900 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Life Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two distinct pieces: **"American Patriotism"** (top): A satirical essay with accompanying cartoons mocking jingoistic patriotism. The text contrasts "hot-blooded" patriots who rashly support military action with "sober, conservative" patriots who wave flags while opposing contracts. It criticizes extremist patriotic fervor—specifically referencing the Boxer Rebellion ("China for the Chinese") and violence against Chinese and Filipino people ("black-jacks"). The eagle illustration suggests American imperialism. The piece argues passionate patriotism can lead to excess while conservative patriotism enables it. **"Premature"** (bottom): A domestic humor piece showing a husband departing for the seaside, with his wife's skeptical response implying marital discord. The accompanying illustration titled "That Style of Beauty" depicts a reclining woman, captioned with gossip-column innuendo about lifted fingers and serenades, suggesting infidelity or scandal. Both pieces reflect early 1900s American social anxieties about imperialism, gender relations, and propriety.
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American Patriotism. ATRIOTISM is love of country; and the bigger and richer the country you have to love, the bigger and richer the patriotism. The only, real, A No. 1 brand of patriotism on earth is found in America. It’s great stuff. Patriotism is a passion which induces hot youth to rush forth to get shot and half shot, while sober, conservative age waves the flag and corrals the contracts. One is a subtle instinct, the other asutler. Patriotism isa noble thing all round and a useful adjunct to business. The flavor of patriotism depends upon its habitat. When those yellow, pig-tailed patriots, the Boxers, carve up missionaries and yell ‘China for the Chinese,” every self-respect- ing Anglo-Saxon is disgusted; when the lusty American patriot kicks the Chinaman and black-jacks the Tagalog and cries “ America and everything in sight for the American,” the country weeps tears of passionate joy. We push out into the seas of the trying to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Sherlock Holmes. She is overworked, and we would advise complete rest and change of scene. Premature. ew ELL old man, I am going down to the sea- shore to visit my fiancée.”” “Who is she?”” “How do I know?” (THERE is nothing that convincesa woman so readily that ge is a failure, as for her husband to 474 one on ine Hedpost: GavzooKs! sue WASN'T LIFTED A PINGRK, YET SEVEN say toher in a kind voice, “But you wouldn't under- gy oem snnnvae cute ant taipovt. 1 WoNDEN Wiley sue PURCUASED TAT stand it, my dear, if I were to explain it to you.” PATAL COMPLEXION, THAT STYLE OF BEAUTY.