Life, 1908-06-11 · page 7 of 20
Life — June 11, 1908 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces about early 20th-century social issues: **Methodist Church Reform**: The top article mocks a Methodist Church committee's debate over prohibiting card-playing and dancing. The accompanying dialogue jokes about a chauffeur whose car only runs well when he's away from home—implying servants' misconduct. **"Always the Same People"**: A piece about French divorce trends, suggesting wealthy elites repeatedly marry and divorce the same social circles, never truly changing. **"To the Woman College Graduate"**: A humorous doctor-patient dialogue where a young woman describes undergoing repeated surgeries, with the doctor diagnosing her habit of unnecessary operations as itself a "disease." **Tennis Cartoon**: A simple visual gag showing "a quick service" in tennis. The satire targets social hypocrisy, medical practices, and changing gender roles of the era.
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Methodist Candidates for Office May Not Dance A vote of about three to one the Committee on the State of the Church recommended to the recent Methodist Cdn- ference to continue unchanged the prohibi- tion of card playing and dancing in the Book of Discipline. ‘The Bishops recommended a change, but the committee would not have it, Never mind, never mind: there is a grain more flavor to pleasures that are against the rule, and, anyway, those Methodist rules seem to be strictly enforced only against persons who run for office. ‘ou got a good chauffeur?” “Well, that depends. The only time my car is in good condition is when I’m away from home long enough for him to take out his friends. HARD LUCK OF DE TOWSER, WASN'T IT? Spaniel: WHY, WHAT HAPPENED? “HIS WIFE RAN AWAY WITH AN ENG- LISH COACH-DoG!”” Always the Same People HAT M. Hippolyte Lemaire says in Le Monde Iilustré about divorce in France is true also of divorce here, It isn’t so much a factor in social existence, he says, as it seems to be. He quotes a general as saying, after a battle: “It is always the same fellows who get killed.” Asa rule, he thinks, “it is always the same people who get divorces,” and not important people in or to the community. TO THE WOMAN COLLEGE GRADUATE IT IS USELESS TO ARGUE WITH THIS JUDGE Up to Date “PYOCTOR, can you do nothing for me?” There was hope in the young man's eye as he gazed anxiously at the great physician and surgeon. “Let's see,” said that personage, musingly. ‘I removed your tonsils when a boy.” “Oh, yes.” “And your palate.” “That was also cut off.” “Has your car-drum been punctured ?” “Several times.” “And seems to me I took out the glands of your neck.” “Dear, me, yes. “Your appendix?” “Oh, certainly.” “And weren't the muscles of your eyes cut “Several times. If you remember, you TENNIS TERM: “A QUICK SERVICE” cut one side too much and then you had to cut the other to get even.” “Ah, yes. Those amusing little errors will happen. And now what is it?” “Why, doctor, simply this. I’ve got into the habit of being operated on at least once a year. I like the whiff of the ether, all the dear old hospital associa- tions, and the fun of paying the bill.” “And there is nothing the matter with you?” “Not that I am aware of.” ‘The great doctor smiled encouragingly. “Yes, there is,” he said. “You forgot something.” “And that is?” “The habit of being operated upon, my dear fellow. That’s a disease in itself. Come around to-morrow, therefore, and I'll make an incision and see what new disease you have since the last Medical Congress met at Washington.” comicbooks.com