Life, 1908-07-09 · page 8 of 20
Life — July 9, 1908 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical commentary on contemporary social issues circa early 20th century. **Top cartoon ("Perils of Ballooning")**: A dark illustration showing a figure clinging to a crescent moon during a balloon flight, suggesting the dangers of early aviation technology—a topical concern when ballooning was a novel, hazardous activity. **Main cartoon**: Depicts a domestic scene where a woman shows a man a small boy, with the caption suggesting they're considering him as a missionary due to his physical characteristics ("flat chest and no chin"). This satirizes both missionary work and eugenic attitudes of the era—the joke mocks the idea of selecting people for vocations based on physical traits. **Text sections**: Include satirical commentary on prohibition, employment, and social philosophy, typical of Life's editorial approach to contemporary controversies.
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48 As Per Advertisements ITH Prohibition carry- ing So strongly old N.C., The very air Will hardly dare So much like wine to be. Employed Macstsate You are charged with having no visible means of support. ‘Tae Accusen: It’s not so, your Honor. “Have you got a job?” “Yes “What do you do?” “Tam employed by the So- ciety for the Diffusion of Wholesome Sentiment to pity the id “Do you work hard at it?” “Ido; eight hours a day, which is all the union allows.” “What wages?” “All T can collect from the 's sympathizers.” PERILS OF BALLOONING “Discharged.” ONLY BALLOON DURING FULL MOON A wane Ad Poetam Cc QOPOET# so much a line, O weight-and-measure literatus, O bard, inspired with the divine Afflatus! This problem, and this only, racks My brain until it seems to teeter: O port, dost thou write in tax- Imeter? Kind Words from Kentucky IFE is not a partisan. It is a Hu- morist, tempered by philosophy, and a Philosopher, irradiated by hu- mor. It scintillates, but Truth is its objective point, and, as a consequence, it hits both parties right and left, some- times hitting them hard. Henry Watterson, in the Louisville Courier- Journal. The family doctor is coming in again.— Medical Intelligence. I NASMUCH as the surgeon has made urgery popular, and the nerve spe- cialist has made neurasthenia popular, why may we not expect that the family doctor will somehow make the family popular? “THEY seem to have a new dance every season.* I wonder what “HENRY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN MAKE OF WALDO.” the dance of the future will be ?”” “WELL, HE HAS A FLAT CHEST AND NO CHIN, HE COULD BE A MISSIONARY.” St. Vitus—probably.”” comicbooks.com