Life, 1905-08-31 · page 11 of 24
Life — August 31, 1905 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains literary commentary and social humor rather than political cartooning. The main content includes: **"A Suggestion"** - A poem criticizing the corrupting influence of wealth and privilege on society. **"Gossip of the Great"** - Commentary on literary figures, including Mrs. Spilgood Spelmeyer (author of "Buckwheat Honey" and "The Rubbish Heap"), and Dr. Pater Forell, a child psychologist who apparently won $47,321 in a competition by saying he'd "bite it." **"A Mail Quartette"** - A cartoon showing four stick-figure characters holding postcards, illustrating humorous correspondence. The engraving at top depicts a damaged ship in rough seas, likely illustrating one of the literary discussions. Overall, this is a sophisticated humor and literary criticism page typical of Life magazine's satirical approach to contemporary society and letters.
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A Suggestion. HE scoundrels and the scalaws; Of ways corrupt and sin ; The topers with financial jays, Blackmailers with their sociai tags, And all the other slimy “ blags” Are being gathered in, Were it not well, say now and then, Nor wholly out of place, For one newspaper out of ten, No matter where, no matter when, > print a list of Aonest men? It wouldn't take much space. Carlyle Smith Gossip of the Great. favorite position when compos- ing?” replied Mr. Fon Iming both ends of his cigar Stilo, 1 ette— re absent-minded genius Always in the bath-tub; and I exer- cise the nicest (note my correct use of this adjective)—the nicest care in maintaining the proper degree of tem- perature, namely, 69 degrees, falls or rises, good work becomes an impossibility. Between you and me, I attribute the low sales of ‘Cranberry’ with the ther- for if to my carelessness mometer. Mrs, Spilgood Spelmeyer, author of “Buckwheat Honey,” and “The Rub- bish Heap,” is a strong partisan of the A DANGEROUS DERELICT, Verti Handwriting and has lately wr Asseciation, 1a monograph to prove that the de of the novel is due to the previ mong literary iolk of the typewriter habit whose James Whackerdown I wal Phe rest study. Drink, with pri keeps An gating the member, onal Ba 1 lite s, of the N Igamation, is now has made him r- inve district Eniway has become nditions of the Mr. a Western Union boy, and may be dis- messengers. tinguished by his number, 5.842. and by his height, six feet four inches. NY a h reference to her fatest novel, She Couldn't Help It, Why Did She Do It Rose Licha Streek has the following to her Third Assistant Stenographer General The idea for this Tale came to me most unexpectedly, I was out shop- ping, and slipped on a banana peel. As dictated I descended, the thought surged over ane: “‘T wonder whether I shall Cor will) land gracefully es ee “Just how, I cannot say, but graduat- ly, imperceptibly, my Little Book grew as the result of this incident.” Dr, Pater Forall, the eminent child- student and psychologist, recently told this story at the annual dinner of the Thinkalotte Club “The University had sent out to 48,- 939 school children the subtle ques- ‘What would you do if mebody should give you a fifty-cent piece?’ “To our amazement, just 47,321 ‘Vd bite it” Honaire answers read Henry Hurriuppe Quick, who is now hafd at work on his eighty-ninth novel, The Saimole Plot,” invariably com- poses on a linotype machine Vincent Van Marter Beede. A MAIL QUARTETTE, comicbooks.com