Life, 1905-02-16 · page 7 of 24
Life — February 16, 1905 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several humorous short pieces rather than political cartoons. "Our Boys" satirizes wealthy parents who spoil their children with money, using little Henry Codman as an example. The piece suggests such children become bratty and demanding, though Henry himself escapes this fate through his good character. "Saved" mocks a woman's relief when she completes a book ("The Confessions of a Retired Father") before her manuscript is destroyed—a joke about the trivial concerns of wealthy leisure-class women. "Three Standpoints" presents a brief observational humor piece about different perspectives on a birth announcement. The illustrations, including "The Spring Broilers" (cherubs), are typical decorative vignettes common to Life magazine's satirical format targeting upper-class American society and pretensions.
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Sonnets of Schooldays. SONNET OF THE TRUTHFUL GEORGE AND THE OBSERVING LAD. 1 DAY we gotta hollyday becuz T gorge Washingtun is ded; uno he wuz ‘The onley mann that never tolled ali Wich maiks it awl thee wurs he hadd too di. wenn teecher rote it on thee bord ann sedd How old he wuz ann how long he wuz ded, ann ast wott he dide uv, jo benson sez i ges he mussta dide uv lonesumnes, Ann wenn shee sez he koodunt li ann thatz thee trooth wi willy person sez o ratz iff that wuz troo he wuz in offul ficks wuz gorg wenn he gott into politicks. z.W. Foley. Saved. M*s WASH- INGTON just about completing ‘ The Confessions of a Wife,” when the Father of | His Country burst into the room and hastily destroyed the manuscript. “What !"" he exclaimed, ** hav no feeling? Don't you know that this would destroy my chances of going into history as the man who never told alie? Delayed. “J ADIES,” said the chairwoman of the club,“ I must ask you to be patient. Mrs. Rumdum, who is to ad- iress us this afternoon on ‘ The Fool- ishness of Modern Fashion,’ has just telephoned that her modiste has only this moment delivered her new dress, and of course she must wait lot enough to don it, as she could not ap- pear before such a representative au dience in a last seasc With a chorus of murmured sy pathy and approval, the me the club settled back in their cl nbers of wait the arrival of the helpf: Three Standpoints. HE stork came. id the man: “My salary is no aid the woman: ‘Now I shall be tied down.” Said the newspaper: Mr. and Mrs. B— are rejoicing in the birth of a son." OUR BOYS. Henry. [74 Henry Codman is one of the very few little boys who haven't been spoiled by having too much money th He has a lowly disposition and nice man- ners for one so wealthy ; he is vi in his ways and has a strong will of his own, Although he goes to church every Sunday, he believes in rushing the growler on week days, when the growler is free from germs, and he says so, too, Henry has lots of courage and spunk, and a lot of old ladies think be- cause he does what he wants to that he is a spoiled child, and they lift their ust upon them, set “ A® you sure that this baby food is all right Absolutely. Why, it contains an inexhaustible lack of nourishment.” fingers at him. But Henry doesn't care a bit, because he believes in keep- ing up to the times. Henry is fond of all kinds of games, and loves to spend hours with his blocks building cathe- drals and saloons. Sometimes the little boys of other denominations throw stones at him, but he doesn’t care, be- cause, while he is not a goody-goody boy, he doesn t live ina glass house— and most of the others do, We believe Henry is all right, but we are afraid he will have to live about a hundred years more before he can prove it to everybody's satisfaction. MMA ith vices? Daveurter : It won't help matters to worry 7 Why did you marry a man Because I didn’t want to be an old maid. THE SPRING BROILERS, comicbooks.com