Life, 1905-07-13 · page 7 of 26
Life — July 13, 1905 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon, "Little Glimpses of Married Life," depicts a domestic scene satirizing marriage: a woman holds a baby while sitting amid scattered household items and papers, a man in formal dress stands apart looking stern, and another woman (possibly a servant) stands in the background. The caption reads: "Dearie, there are two of the little things I thought you'd go in your trunk." This appears to mock the realities of married life—specifically the burden of domestic responsibilities and children that contradict romantic expectations. The "little things" reference suggests sarcasm about offspring or household duties. The accompanying articles address marriage, divorce, and the Episcopal Church's stance on these matters, indicating this was a period of social debate about family institutions and moral authority.
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-LIFE- LITTLE GLIMPSES OF MARRIED LIFE “DRARIN, THERE ARK TWO OR THREE LITTLE THINGS T THOUGHT SICHT GO IN YOUR TRUNK.” Pious Plunderers. jurder widows, orphans, toilers ; Divide with God that which they ste pm men, So well they know how they ottained their hoard, ‘They now proceed to bribe the very Lord, A GREEK LOVING CUP, A Letter. ) THE EDITORS OF LIFE: I I feel impelled to protest against your car- toon ent led **Is this the attitude of the iscopal Church?" and to register a ‘in reply tothe query. Live various cartoons 01 this tinguish between legal and absolut with freedom to “remarry.” The former the “ Protestant Episcopal Church" not only does not oppose, but defends ; it is the latter only which she seeks to abolish, In the first place. it may be re- plied to these cartoons that a woman has no busi- ness marrying a brute, of aman a courtesan ‘the latter case is usually overlooked’. So far (but only $0 far) as representations of unhappy married life tend to impress this fact upon the community, their influence is certainly good. In the second place, the mistake once made, the injured party can no more thitk the responsibility for his or her subject, in failing to separation "a mensa ct thor 51 rash deed than can the violator of a law of ¢ physical universe. Sin, error, and imprudence of every kind bring vitable conzequences, which cannot be avoided or esc does give relief, however, and the Ch in the form of a se dectares at this poin a voluntary up h bings them until nspeakably sacred bond is entered upon that relief the Chureh on of a man and a marriage i woman whi this hastily the parties have no right to claim the privi lege of ‘dissolv i it, and then forming tit is the tone nst which I desire most strongly to protest, It { the cartoon above mentioned does not imply merely a misundersta: ‘attitude of the Protestant Episcopal Chi butan unwarranted attack upon that CI To represent a priest of the Episcopal Ch driving a ched pair under atyrannous yoke, from which there can be no release, is your paper and an i who call that Church their mother, Jared S. Moore URE 12, 1995, aworthy of It to those of your readers. Cantanroce, Mass Boston. O D Boston is a pleasant town Taking it It gets its business renown Chiefly from Shoes and Leather, It grows a little, as it should— The Census clearly shows it— Is beautiful and wise and good And, what is better, knows it, together ; Old Boston, it is C And, as one might con. New-world Athens— In Art acd Architecture ; The Hub of all the Universe, It makes no hubbub turning, But it pronounces Pierce as Purse Which evidences Learning. sIture's home, cture, ‘ankee Rome— Th Old Boston is a proper place And fond of peace and quiet ; It jogs along at easy pace And sticks to simple diet ; Its morals are from special crops All harvested in Heaven ; It shuts up Wi Precisely at Eleven, e and Liquor shops Old Boston is where Genius dwells, And it It disapproves of Cap and Rells Or any guise of Humor, How must that ancient City’s ire Rouse at its recent, raw son Who plays on the Financial Lyre The melodies of Lawson ! common rumor Felix Carm OUNCILMAN: I've come to see, sir, if you will subscribe anything to the town cemetery. Otp Restpext: Good gracious! I've already subscribed three wives. comicbooks.com