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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 363 **"La Politesse" (The Politeness)**: This illustrated poem by Oliver Herford depicts Winter departing as Spring arrives. The allegorical figures engage in courteous exchange—Winter asks Spring to help his garden grow, and Spring promises Winter will be missed. The verse contrasts their politeness with the harsh reality that Spring finds Winter's flowers frozen dead. The satire mocks excessive civility masking underlying conflict or disappointment. **"High Hats in Church"**: This section criticizes wealthy parishioners who wear elaborate hats to church, blocking others' views during services. The satire targets fashionable hypocrisy—these same people wouldn't tolerate such obstruction at theaters, yet impose it on fellow worshippers. The author argues this represents inconsistent Christian values and suggests congregation members should enforce hat-removal policies.
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view of the difficulty of inducing them to do either, our advice to our friend is to ignore the hats altogether and pursue her devotions without any regurdfor them. Pews are made for prayers, not for hats. It is better that a dozen hats should go to the devil than that one worshipper’s chance of salvation should be preju- diced. Name; Please ? HE Golden Age has vanished and (perhaps) the Age of Hrass ; The Silver and the Iron Age have likewise come to pass : But when the scholars name our time, I wonder if they'll feel It should be called the Novel Age, or just the Age of Steel? HHH, Said Spring as Winter turned to go. #EF only you sai slay il ine, : ; INELETON: The Penumbria And help to make my garden grow." ; steamship came in early this RST RET Sighed Winter as he went his way, moroing: den yee! sz ao believe; by:all the powers; : {LS Ee] Well, 1 must stroll down there She loves me, and would have me stay : if pet ae To’ help her with her buds and and get my wife. The custom house flowers: : a officials ought to be throngh with her F by this time.’” So back again that night he goes o To sce the tlowers, how they grow. es _— Poor things, they look so cold, he KES GAIN it ts rumored that Mr. Carnegie has throws ~ 1n mind the establishment of an endowed O'er them a coverlet—of snow. SN theatre. Every time such ® valuable educa- Monal tustitution ts mentioned, the newspapers that speak for the Syndicate sneer at the Idea x as impracticable. It 1s very evident that the “The stupid !—who'd have thought he'd gos. members of the Syndicate dread the Idea of a And take me ut my word!" she said. S \ theatre which, oy contrast will abow how ateris Oliver Herford. ir own productions are iacking In true art. Ne ‘To find her flowers frozen—dead. High Hats in Church. ting her feet in them. She appeals to EADER of Lire,” whose this paper for help, suggesting that husband pays the price cf men ought to wear crush hats to a farm in pew rent ina church as they do to the theatre, and fashionable church, com- asking that the seemliness of that plains because he allows fashion be urged upon the public. the vacant seats in the She has good grounds to remonstrate. pew to be filled every Sunday by It isan imposition for men to choke strangers whom he lets in, who bring _ the pews of hospitable Christians with high hats which accumulate in such their hats. They ought to wear crush numbers under theseat that she cannot hats or maybe golf caps, or else go to i TROUBLE BREWING, kneel to say her prayers without put- churches that are not crowded. In JUST YOU WAIT TILL WE GET OUT or nERE! comicbooks.com