Life, 1906-04-26 · page 17 of 24
Life — April 26, 1906 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page contains book reviews, brief humorous dialogues, and a cartoon about street conflict. **Main Cartoon ("Does Not Work Both Ways"):** The illustration depicts two men fighting with canes in a city street while onlookers—including children and women—watch from the sidewalk and storefront. The title suggests ironic commentary on a situation where one party's tactics fail when reversed. **"Saloons Not Appreciated":** A commentary on Rev. Raymond's anti-saloon advocacy. Life sarcastically argues that saloons actually *strengthen* the church by providing moral opposition—that churches need competition and temptation to remain vigorous. The piece mocks the idea that eliminating saloons would improve society, claiming this worked poorly in Scotland where saloons flourish yet the church remains strong. **Comic Dialogues:** Brief jokes about marriage and infidelity, typical of Life's humor section—one about a wife "lost to sight" due to alimony payments, another about romantic variety. The page reflects early 20th-century debates over Prohibition and moral reform, while maintaining Life's satirical stance against reform movements.
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history of landscape painting, a discussion of various views of art and appreciations Isracls, Mauve, Weissen- James, Matthew and William: Bosboom, bruch a Maris. Mr. Warren Cheney's new story of Rus- Maska, The Challenge, shows the cilect of another year’s assimilative pro- upon that writer's researches in the archives of the company, and whatever may real atr rough settlements in the days of Russian Mr. Cheney's conception of it > he wrote The Way of the North, crystallized and ciously articulate. ‘The result is that this second pretty tale of adv of personal realizat its predecessor. sian have been the sphere of those become | unco! ure has about it a touch n which places it above The Champagne Standard is a collection of bri tive domestic economy, upon local etiquette ntly informal essays upon compara- above and below stairs, and upon other questions of perennial feminine obscession, written by an American woman resident in England. ‘The book, which is by Mrs John Lane, should, in the humble opinion VAMEE Monte Fince. mere man, be vastly entertainin betters J.B. Ker The Genius, By Margaret Potter. (Harper and Brothers, $1.50.) A History of the Inquisition of Spain. By Henry In four volumes. “Volume 1. (The mn $2.50.) ef Fears. By Henry C and Company. $1.50.) ington. By Harriet Prescott Spofford (Little, Brown and Company, Boston. $1.50.) scape Painting and Modern Dutch B.G ds. (The Baker and T. Company Rowlans The Chi By Warren Cheney. (The Bobbs: Merrill Company. Indianapolis. $1.50.) The Champagne Standard. By Mrs. Jon Lane. (John Lane Company.) Saloons Not Appreciated Daily Paper hat is the right state of opinion for a clergyman who, like Mr. Raymond, has resigned his pastorate to become district superintendent of the — Anti-Saloon League; but is it so? We think not. We favor the opinion that the saloon is no more than a hurdle in the pathway of the church; just a healthy obstacle, fit to make the church’s onward march some- what more strenuous. If there were no saloons would the church have a walk- over? Nota bit! In Scotland,a country where saloons abound, the church is very Vigorou : best field for the church is the sinfullest field. Isn't that so, Mr. Raymond? A live church should thrive on competition and grow fat on saloons. Her Whereabouts Ifow’s your wife? My wife is lost to sight, to y dear fellow, I never heard your wife was dead! : She isn’t. I'm fifty dollars a week alimony. paying her Variety HE: Don’t you get tiredof thi em life, with its heartburnings, its longings, its cruel disappointments, its unutterable inadequacy ? Hr: Oh, yes. But always just about that time some new girl comes along. comicbooks.com