Life, 1902-12-18 · page 13 of 26
Life — December 18, 1902 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page contains several satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century *Life* magazine: **"School"**: A sentimental vignette about a boy's college ambitions, followed by dialogue between "Darke" and "Lane" mocking the expense of education—the joke being that college costs more than apprenticing a boy into business. **"The Same Old Tune"**: A allegorical poem personifying abstract concepts (Sorrow, Poverty, Care, Joy, Hope) visiting "the House of Life," concluding that Love welcomes all. This appears to be serious literary content rather than satire. **Left illustration**: A large political cartoon labeled "The Same Old Tune" shows an elephant (likely representing Republican politics or wealth/establishment) dispensing items labeled "Prosperity" and "Vote," while figures below reference "Drop a Vote in the Slot and Help Prosperity"—satirizing the idea that voting or political action produces economic prosperity, depicted as a mechanical, cynical system. **Remaining pieces**: Brief humorous observations on life's contradictions (country clubs, style, ambition), typical of the magazine's satirical format.
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-LIFE- 535 School. i he boy',was going away to school, full cf high hope. “T shall make the football team and color two pipes the first year !’’ he said, bravely. His mother kissed him and wept. His father wrung his hand in silence. They were too full to speak then. THE SAME OLD TUNE. The Master. NTO the House of Life there came a guest, With tattered garments and disheveled hair,— Men called her Sorrow, and she needs must fare A wand'ring way—so clasping to her breast The child called Poverty, she begged to rest A night-time only. named Care ; Bowed with his load, he, too, sought refuge there— Next came one But One leaned out who laughed at each behest. Now followed others: Joy, and Hope, and Trust, And pale Illusion, with sweet, tender eyes,— Then One leaned out again, his welcome rife With all delight, and bade them share his crust, And they obeyed his summons and were wise— For Love is lord within the House of Life! Charlotte Recker. But when he was gone, and they were calmer, they talked together of him, and prayed that his ambition might not carry him beyond his OARKE: I thought you were going to put your boy into business. Lane: I did, but I found it was cheaper to send him to college. The Strenuous Life. IFE ts a series of fermentations.—The New Biology (see article by Cart Snyder in Harper's). Ferment: To work.— Dictionary. Now and then a +, popular impression has the good Inck to be confirmed by scientific theory. All Over. “ D® you get as much pleasure out of your country club as you expected?" “No; just as I was begin- ning to have a good time, my wife joined.” GTYLE is the literary expres- sion of the man who has come into possession of himself. ‘Tae UzIR APPARENT. comicbooks.com