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This page contains three distinct pieces of social satire typical of early 20th-century Life magazine: **"In Mr. Armour's Butcher Shop"** (verse with illustration): A satirical poem mocking J. Ogden Armour, a wealthy Chicago meatpacking magnate. It ridicules how he profits enormously ("turn 'em into dollars") from processing beef while the public suffers price increases. This reflects Progressive Era criticism of monopolistic meat-packing corporations. **"The Power of Gold"** (editorial): Critiques wealthy evangelists entering Philadelphia with $50,000 to "save the city," sarcastically contrasting modern money-driven religious work with St. Paul's apostolic virtue. The satire suggests wealth corrupts genuine spiritual mission. **"The Proposal" and "Bread Cast Upon Wild Waters"**: Sentimental romantic fiction pieces—likely humorous parodies of melodramatic love stories popular in magazines of the era. **The beetle cartoon**: Two insects discuss why "Mr. Bug" abandoned his avenue home for an onion—a absurdist joke playing on class pretension. The page satirizes wealth, corporate greed, and commercialized religion while offering lighter romantic humor.

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434 In Mr. Armour’s Butcher Shop. (And so he (the Publi letsit goat that, says M the Saturday Evening lest.) damns the packer and Ogden Armour ia 's Butcher Shop, broadcloth splurges, they'll drop, he beast emery trings, ho mn fat Reef Trust works nd lets i In Mr. Armour's F Where strang When cattle Ash And t The Reef + And lets it the hopper he urtheru Trust To Mr Whe ne The rates in be putt Armour’s Butcher Shop to sell, Like brickbats down a we n quicker than a scat price of beef * And lets it ¢ In Mr, Armour's Butcher $ Where lhe Public in the And turn ‘em inte dollars. ins and hi Dati" March + n's letter deploring y Jitorial comment in Tare on Teunis S. Hasali mais’ Even then we should nsider the missionary an impertinence.” Ther« you have the whole thing in a nutsirel A pagan nay have allthe sincerity in his worship and belief that the m vout Christian has, and hischances the Christ be just as g n. worships dis idea of God with si cerity and ¢ He may be mistaken (so may the C stian) 1s really knows; we simply have faith no knowledge, rely conjecture ht have we to proselyting missionaries to 2 countries ? What rig tants af these vuntries that they are all wrong, and that we are J barbarians? Sh we receive kindly, and listen patiently to a stranger who entered our lus that we were running office, or our factory, te t our business on entirely wrong | « business ‘STP IE= which had been conducted perhaps for a similar lines? No, If we listened to him patiently, we should show a Christian forbearance ; what we should probably do would be to show did not accelerate his exit, and his him the door, even if we the stair AS rox, March rth The Power of Gold. HERE is something im- pressive, and of the cheer- the circumstance of evangelists Philadelphia and fulest. promise, too, in entering proposing to spend $50,000 to save that city arks F perrumpere amat saxa,” by which he means to say that Aurum,” te. race, sagaciously, money delights in the hard task, and whatsoever it inst, in Philadel- anybody doubt the is or Se is not up phia, can 2? Fifty thousand dollars may not millions, even, but, at all events,there is certainly an assignable issu suffice, or fif » of hard cash which will turn the Is it not a vastly finer thing to be an evangelist in these rich and prosperous es, than it was in the day of St. Paul, » had no with, g, in fact, but his apostolic vir- money to work tues, worthy cnough, in their way, but stupid and uncomfortable withal ? HERE istine shooting in Jolo. Six indred men, women and children after dup is a good bag » days’ hunting. Besides, we own ¢ dusk triots. They were bought and paid The Proposal. Waar He UCILLE, we are Hap PLaxsep vo Say. last! 1 tell. you how I how I have longed for this noment. Do remember, Lucille, Well, T loved uv from that moment, Are you sur- nuld not help it—I felt as had drawn us together alone at cannot have you ¢ first time we met? prised? 1 they « nly tell me, darling, that some of my love is returned, There must be hope there is! (Takes her Love you more All T ask is that for me—say hand.) than T love you! words ¢ tell. First Beetle MIS FINE ond Beetle : CHASING Ay TWONDER WHY MR. Ht up HOME ON THE AVENUE AND TOOK UP Ay RESIDENCE IN THAT ONION ? WHY, TE SAYS HE fORILE IN THE INTENDS 9 aure SPRING. for the remainder of my life I may be your willing slave—all Tell me. I desire is your sweetheart, tha my love is reciprocated, Will you be mine? (Kisses her.) Darling, at last my happiness is complete. happiness What Sue PLaxxep to Say. Why. Jack! I did not dream of this! T have always thought of you in a real ndly way, and !: scems so strange now to have you speak of love. I sup- T could get used ta it in time T might learn to love you a little insta Tittle, But you must really, Jack, give me some time to re myself, What, kiss me Well, just one Wuar Reaty TLarrexeo Jack: The fact is, Lucy, that I- L-1-T can’t get along without you Lucey: Oh. jack! jrist you silly hoy! Bread Cast Upon Wild Waters. Hirmni Weekly series of lectures on t think without deep emotion of what ur New Haven neighbe it recalls the amount of valuable to the knowle diffusion of those particular details of « HAT makes you think Bilkins. is in love?” I was in the next room to him and his girl and overheard one of their silences,"" comicbooks.com