Life, 1908-01-30 · page 15 of 22
Life — January 30, 1908 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains book reviews, advertisements, and satirical commentary typical of *Life* magazine's early 1900s format. **The Main Cartoon** ("Yet Another Who Will Be a Sister to Him") depicts a social scene where a man introduces a young woman to established society figures. The caption suggests she won't overshadow her "elder sister"—likely referring to a previous romantic interest or social rival. **"Millennium" Section** is political satire listing absurd conditions that would signal the millennium's arrival, including "Senator Platt will resign" and "Jerome will get busy"—references to likely New York political figures of that era. These mock corrupt politicians' unlikely reformation. **"Eternal Youth"** celebrates *Life* magazine's 25th anniversary, praising its youthful irreverence and satirical humor. **"A Preference"** is a brief joke about church choice, where the wife prefers Episcopal services for "better music and less brimstone"—satirizing Methodist preaching as hellfire-focused and musically inferior. The page emphasizes *Life's* role as a forum for social and political satire targeting contemporary public figures and institutions.
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YET ANOTHER WHO WILL BE A SISTER TO HIM Abbie Ann and she is very nice and should be popular among those of her own age, but she is not likely to put her elder sister's nose out of joint. J.B. Kerfoot. Her Son, by Horace A. Vachell. (Dodd, Mead and Company. $1.50.) The Road, by Jack London. (The Macmillan Company. $2.00.) Abraham Lincoln, by Carl Schurz and Truman H. Bartlett. (Houghton, Mifflin and Company. $10.00.) Adventures in Contentment, by David Grayson. pany. $1.20.) Farm Management, by F.W.Card. (Doubleday. Pageand Company. $2.00.) The Affair at Pine Court, by Nelson Rust Gilbert. (The J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. $1.50.) Abbie Ann, by George Madden Martin. (Doubleday, Page and Com- (The Century Company. $1.50.) Millennium HEN the millennium comes it will be recognized by any one of the following phenomena: The brewers will favor prohibition. Employers will raise wages without a struggle. Goods will be just as cheap before Christmas as after. Fireworks manufacturers will demand a quiet Fourth of July. Doctors will get paid as quick as landlords. Financiers will lower interest rates when money is tight. Seventy-nine million people will seem more than one million. The Sunday precept will be the weck-day example. Senator Platt will resign. Jerome will get busy. Etemal Youth LT. that immortal kid, that epitome of youth, that ever- lasting smile in literature, is a quarter of a century old! It is unbelievable. It is surely a joke. Lire can never be as old as that. It is an age of extreme sophistication—twenty- five years; a time of life when the American youth knows it all and knows that he knows it all. After that, sometimes a long time after, the American young man begins to get young. But Lire has never been young, in this sense, and we are certain that it never will be old, in this sense. It is too acute for its eternal infancy, and too guileless and merry for its buddhistic wisdom. Posing as a cherub, with wings, Lirr distils the wisdom of the ages in the medium of pure humor.— Profitable Advertising. Ellis O. Jones. [7S ne ws¢ Bryan over spilt milk. A Preference IFE: Which church shall we go to, dear, the Episcopal or Methodist? The preachers are equally good. “Episcopal. Better music and less brimstone.” comicbooks.com