Life, 1906-04-19 · page 11 of 28
Life — April 19, 1906 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical commentary on morality and conscience rather than a specific political cartoon. The visible illustration labeled "SNAP-SHOTS IN HADES: THE ANTI-DIVORCE CRANKS—TIED FOR ETERNITY" depicts figures in the underworld bound together, apparently satirizing anti-divorce advocates. The text sections discuss business conscience versus Christian conscience, using the example of a suitor confessing his failures to a prospective father-in-law. Other brief pieces ("Young Man," "Tommy: Papa, what is a consulting physician?") appear to be humorous dialogue snippets. The overall theme critiques hypocrisy: those who preach strict moral positions (like opposing divorce) while engaging in questionable behavior themselves. The underworld imagery suggests divine judgment on such inconsistency.
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FRELUS IER F SURPRISES AUNT SALLY Conscience HE busin the Christian conscience are often confounded, owing, it is likely, to the fact that both are what may be termed modern conveniences. ‘They exhibit marked differences, however, when cle scrutinized. For instance, nothing touches the Christian conscience like misgovernment in heathen countries, white the business conscience rises to its highest frenzy of protest only when the Populists propose some way of repudiat- ing debts which doesn’t give the banks a rake-off. That is to say, while the busi- ness conscience, on the one hand, is the breath in the nostrils of high finance, the Christian conscience, on the other hand, is what makes world politics respectable. This distinction between them is further illustrated in the persons whom they par- ticularly won’t stand for, namely, in the case of Christian conscience, Abdul Hamid, and, in the case of the business conscience, Mr. William Jennings Bryan. The conscience which should distin- guish between right and wrong, and obligate a man to choose the former and shun the latter, the conscience, in other words, which would make monkeys of us all, this we have outgrown. In a primi- tiv® state of society, perhaps, when plenty was approximately enough, such things might be, but now that every man’s high purpose is to be rich further beyond the dreams of avarice than the next man, a conscience of that sort would be right in the way. Barking Up the Wrong Tree “T HAVE a confession to make, si In the private office of the man of affairs, the suitor for the hand of his daughter stood, hat in hand. “Well, sir, what is it?” “Before marrying your daughter, I feel that I should make a clean breast of my failings. The fact is, I am extremely 491 dissipated. I play the races, play poker, smoke, drink, ise the devil generally when I hap- pen to feel li : The man he addressed was thoughtful for some time, but he spoke at last. “Young man,” he said, “I appreciate your candor in coming to me, but you know things are different from what they used to be. Girls do as they please. You've come to the wrong person. Docs my daughter know of this?” “Does she!” exclaimed the suitor, earnestly, “Why, my dear sir, that’s why she wants to marry me.” Defining Him ‘OMMY: Papa, what is a consulting physician ? Papa: He is a doctor who is called in at the last moment to share the blame. OTHER Eve never would have made much of a sensation in the Garden of Eden, alone. eee Si : SNAP-SHOTS IN HADES THE ANTI-DIVORCE CRANKS—TIED FOR ETERNITY comicbooks.com