Life, 1902-09-04 · page 8 of 22
Life — September 4, 1902 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 194 This page contains satirical commentary and cartoons on contemporary issues circa 1902. The **"Anti-Kickers' Column"** presents letters critiquing Life's editorial stance—particularly regarding religious content and social reform messaging that some readers found preachy. The cartoons (numbered 19-23) appear to be political/social satire, though specific figures are difficult to identify without clearer resolution. Image 19 shows what appears to be a confrontational scene; image 21 depicts a character in formal dress; image 23 shows figures in comedic poses. The text references debates about trusts, wealth distribution, and social class—common Progressive Era concerns. Without clearer identification of the caricatured figures, the specific political targets remain unclear, though the tone suggests critique of contemporary power structures and class tensions.
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Anti-Kickers’ Column. My TOAST, KNOW not if bis eyes are biue, Nor if his hair ts brown or gold, lonly know that for the right Mis votce ts ever strong and bold. Achamplon for the wronged and weak Against oppression, avarice, strife, All reverently I raise my glass And pledge my deepest toast to— Lire. Dirte Wolcott, To THe Epitor oF Lire. Concerning the imposition of religious creeds upon alten Peoples, the spreading of the gospel of the Prince of Peace, which 1s held to Justify marder and slavery, let me quote & passage from “ Black Jamatca,” by W. P, Livingston, pub- lished by Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., London, 1900 : “It (the Salvation Army) has not been successful tn Its career, and has merely brought {nto vogue a number of loose and emotional organizations that form and break and re-form whenever # leader of suMfcient power appears. The Army movement proper ts @ dangerous one to Introdace {nto ® primttive community where there are no lapsed masses to reclaim. Its agents work upon the feelings of the people, but they have little or no opportunity of follow- tng up the effect made, and of hardening tt Into perma. nency. After the excitement {s passed, those aifected drift further back than before. The negroes can never be evan- gelized in such @ fashion, What they require tsa slow matter-of-fact process of teaching and guidance and dis. ctpiine, It Is not In the wind or in the earthquake or in the fire that success with them lies, but tn the still small voice." W. L. Garrison. Boston, 1902, To Tue Eorton or Live. Dwar Sir; “To despise nothing tn the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cow- ardice ; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgnsts ; to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit, In God's out-of-doors—these are little guide-posts on the foot-path to peace."—Henry Van Dyke. Any readers of Lire to whom the above appeals should read the recently pabilshed book, “The Little Citizen,” by M. E, Waller 1 send this to you withont any axe to grind on my part, hoping tt will fall into your book reviewer's bands. 1 send tt because 1 have come to think that tis @ part of - LIFE « Life’s Esteemed Contemporaries. If you can't guess who they are, look on page 200. ‘THE WESTERN UNICN TELEGRAPH COMPANY. vs janasea.""Sasis Senvies TO Aid TUS WORL, eo Live's religion to be ever on the alert for suggestions for its readers that are clean and wholesome. This book will not please the pessimist to whom every man has his price, bat to boys and men to whom the “ old farm” and the “back pasture’ are an experience It will serve as an express train straight to boyhood. And what 4s better stlll, it may be at once an {aspiration and guide- post to many others, If It was written for boys, It be- longs In a special, “free for all ages" class that allows entries from fifteen to seventy. As I write, I find myself thinking of LirE as a person and with the possibilities of “pal.” I long ago added it to what Icall my * busy man’s library. It consists of the Outlook for facts, Bradstreet’s for business, and Lire for honest. fair comment on current topics, and clean fun, Tike your attitude toward our President. When politt- clans have to resort to the X-ray to find dishonest motives, not to say acts, the plain people will not be fooled. His blood ts red and healthy and bis backbone stir Keep up your Sght against the reckless “devil wagons" that bid fair to analbilate our woody roads and the peace ‘and quiet of @ “Jog” in the country, Keep them to race tracks or turnpike roads, and that at a speed that will not necessitate extra expenditure by the State for hos- pitals and graveyards, Many are fair and considerate, and this coat will not ft them, Boutin the reckless class there are as many kinds of automobilists as punishments in Dante's «Inferno. With antomobiies, as in Hades, let “the punishment fit the crime." With much respect and good feeling, falth- fully yours, Frank 8. Chick. Bostox, July 24, 1902, To Tue EDITOR oF LiFe. Sir; The honest papers of this country ean be counted upon the fingers of one band, and Live ts among them. Io a bit headed “ Politics" tn sour tesue of July 24, you have struck the keynote of a matter that thonghtful men will give much attention to in the fature. The wealth and purposes of the trusts can only be met and defeated by an prising which, If tt comes to a logical end, may have much savour, In tts methods and results, of the French Revolution. Its refresbing to this time of cant, humbug and pre teuce to get a Wee bit of the truth ouce in a while, Very respectfully, John Fleetwood. Boston, July 29, 1902. Vv J HERE are you located now?” “I'm unsettled in New York.’ comicbooks.com