Life — July 2, 1903 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 11 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.