Life, 1906-12-13 · page 7 of 28
Life — December 13, 1906 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical commentary on publishing and marriage customs. The main cartoon titled "To Parents" features a stork delivering a baby, with the caption advising parents to keep children safe at home rather than abroad—likely satirizing wealthy families sending children overseas. Below, "The Tireless Press" section critiques inconsistency in publishing Thoreau's journal, suggesting editors cut content to fit their preferences. The text implies such editorial manipulation constitutes invalid publication. The "Matrimonial and International" section appears to reference marriage customs, with three elegantly dressed figures in the illustration, though the specific social commentary isn't entirely clear from the visible text. The December/Capricornus section includes decorative illustrations of cherubs or putti, typical of the magazine's lighter seasonal content.
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To Parents “Tf you would have them safe abroad Pay feep them safe at home” L. caving 2 “ The Titeless Press HERE is a tinge of inconsistency about the publication of Thoreau’s journal, in fourteen considerable volumes. If Thoreau were alive, and knew that trees have to be cut downand Nature, his belov- MATRIMONIAL AND INTERNATIONAL ed mistress, denuded to make book paper, would he stand for it? If these were Buster Brown’s memoirs, it would be different. Brown we know asa lover of pie and quict humor, but not of nature, particularly. As for the circumstance of Thoreau’s jour- DECEMBER CAPRICORNUS nal being pretty much filled with banality, that, of course, constitutes no valid reason why it shouldn't be published. Revised Version PEACE be strenuous. comicbooks. } com