Life, 1906-03-15 · page 15 of 38
Life — March 15, 1906 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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The page contains several satirical pieces targeting American institutions: **Main Cartoon**: "Life (the Magician)" depicts a society figure reminding guests that being "born without a sense of honor, morals or plain decency" is easy—likely satirizing the wealthy or political elite's ethical lapses. **"Are the Magazines Worth Hauling?"**: This piece mocks the Post Office Department's complaint that magazines cost too much to mail. Life sarcastically suggests magazines are so competent they could run the government better than current officials—a jab at government inefficiency and the power of the press. **"Is He the Light Verse Champion?"**: Life endorses Owen Seaman, new editor of *Punch* (a British satirical magazine), as the best light-verse writer, praising his consistency and skill. The page demonstrates Life's editorial voice: defending the magazine industry against government complaints while critiquing government competence and celebrating literary wit.
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Life (the Magician): Vou NAVE FORGOTTEN. A Reminder. jrafters all remind us a snap it is to be Rorn without a sense of honor, Morals or plain decency. Are the Magazines Worth Hauling ? ORD comes from Wash- ington that the Post Office Department is grieved at the cost of carrying the magazines and weekly papers, and wants to charge them higher rates for postage. They now pay the newspaper rate of one cent a pound, but the Department complains that they travel much farther than DN'T YOU SMOKE, MY DEARS? R GRANDMOTHER ! eed, that the cost through the rreater than their whole cost The Department sadly newspapers ; so far of moving some of th mails is of publication, observes that the magazines are bigger than they used to be, and that th: more of them, and that their birth. ly exceeds their death-rate. his isa pretty grievous complaint, but any time the Government gets tired of handling the ten-cent magazines, the magazines will be found ready to take charge of the Government. They feel fully competent to undertake the job, and, indeed, would probably find it easier to put their own men in and run things as they should be run, than to bully-rag the persons now in charge into a proper discharge of their duties. THERE 1S A PRECEDENT WHICH FERMAPS Is He the Light Verse Champion ? W* offer for the consideration the thoughtful the suggestion that Mr. Owen Seaman, the new edit Punch, is the best writer of light now mmission. In weighi ygestion there should be consid- diness of M gait, and the exceptionally even qual- ity of his performance. There may be better sprinters than he in the light verse field, but who is there that can go round the course more times in a better fashion in a given twelvemonth ? A 800P drawing ca fills a four flush. STRAIGHT and narrow path— the tight-wire performer's. d—one that comicbooks.com