Life, 1904-03-10 · page 6 of 20
Life — March 10, 1904 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon - "The Same Old Jackass":** This satirical illustration depicts a figure labeled "Greed" as a robed, skeletal character controlling or dominating common people (shown as smaller figures). A sign reading "THIS ROAD TO SALT CREEK" suggests a journey toward ruin or failure. The "same old jackass" title implies this represents a recurring, unchanging problem in society—greed's persistent destructive influence on ordinary citizens. **"Relief Needed":** A satirical piece mocking smokers' self-deception. It criticizes smokers who excuse tobacco's harmful effects (nicotine, carbon monoxide) while claiming Havana cigars and French champagne provide adequate compensation. The caricatured face shows exaggerated distress, ridiculing the rationalization that luxury goods justify health damage. **"Diary of a Christian Scientist":** This satirizes Christian Science beliefs, particularly about denying illness. The narrator celebrates ignoring her daughter's toothache and maintains happiness despite real suffering, embodying the magazine's critique of the faith's approach to medical treatment.
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sino BUT CREA =| THY SAME OLD JACKASS. Relief Needed. +, A CONTE cusses, MPORARY who dis- what hurts the Z smoker gives consideration to nicotine and ‘bon monoxide, and quotes the learned opinions of the London Lane But it omits to disclose that what hurts the smoker most is the very high price of Havana cig: A reciprocity arrangement with France is under consideration which is to abate something of the cost of French champagne. That will be helpful, but Havana cigars also need atten- tion. The long black ones that are not so strong as they look are preposterously dear, and you can ride all day on the street cars for the price of even a little brown one. This has been a hard winter, and the persistent cold, weakening the powers of resistance s Havana cigars and French cham- pagne, has made it a very dear winter for the poor. Some- thing ought to be done about it. to such consolations Diary of a Christian Scientist. I AM very happy to-night. There is a beastly claim of toothache in my left jaw but it does not interfere with my intense happiness. William, my hasband, just camo in and said the new gowns I had ordered would keep him broke for six months tocome. Another claim, Just as if it were not necessary for me to keep up my standing in the church. I must read a chapter to William. I am very happy to-night. To think that daughter Marjorie should have developed a diphtheria claim ! William is getting anxious and thinks she cannot live, while I smile and read the paragraph on apodictics. I wonder how it would seem for me to be anxious. Sometimes I wish this toothache claim would go away. Nevertheless, Iam very happy. William wishes me to send for the doctor. He says we may be put into jail if we don’t, for allowing our child to die, As if there were any such thing as death! Ismile at William. Perhaps some day he may be as indifferent to the claims of others as Iam. I have just been reading Mother's last copyrighted hymn and Tam very happy to-night. I sometimes wonder if it is right for me to be so happy. But I must not forget that Tam a Christian Scientist. And so I smile at myself. Tom Maxson, “parsiraL” MOTIVES comicbooks.com