Life, 1903-07-02 · page 11 of 32
Life — July 2, 1903 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical cartoons about labor strikes and Christian Science. The top strip shows a delegate ordering a worker to strike, with the worker replying "Yes, agin'" — mocking repetitive strike actions. The main article criticizes Ralph Waldo Emerson's endorsement of Christian Science, founded by Mary Baker G. Eddy. The text suggests Emerson's vague philosophical support lent undeserved credibility to Eddy's religious movement, which the magazine dismisses as worthless. The accompanying cartoons ridicule Christian Science practitioners and their methods. The bird illustration captioned "Every bird has his day" appears to mock the movement's grandiose claims. The bottom cartoon features a man claiming his union membership represents "the most sensible strike I've made since I joined the union" — further satirizing labor activism as absurd and self-defeating.
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Christian Science. T° intimate that Ralph Waldo Emerson invented Christian Science is by no | means to discredit Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy. Granted that Emerson hit vaguely on the 1 noble truth, he yet left it up in the clouds, where it wasn't worth a red cent to anybody. 2ddy, and none other than Mrs. ly, drew it down and made good graft out of it, There is glory enough for all, and coin for such as go in for that sort of thing. pHE motives you appeal to betray JA - your estimate of the man. 3 Ws A “Re GOR, THAT'S THE MOST SINSIBLE STRIKE I'VE MADE SINCE 1 JoINED THE UNION.” comicbooks.com