Life, 1908-11-26 · page 8 of 24
Life — November 26, 1908 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate pieces of satirical content: **"Do Your Christmas Shopping Early"** argues that early shopping reduces retail crowding and strain on workers—clerks, delivery drivers, and "mechanical" labor. It praises President Roosevelt for standing up to men "unused to being stood up to," suggesting he faced resistance from powerful figures who needed to experience accountability. **"He Stood Up to Them"** (top right cartoon) depicts an owl confronting birds, illustrating Roosevelt's willingness to challenge opposition. **"All in the Same Boat"** (bottom) shows two contrasting figures: a recovered businessman and passengers in a slow boat. The accompanying verse and caption suggest irony about economic recovery and travel preferences—implying some prefer slower, steadier progress over risky ventures. The page reflects 1930s New Deal-era themes of economic recovery and social responsibility.
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578 SE Tse Do Your Christmas Shopping Early IFE is requested to exhort all friends whom its voice can reach to po Tiere CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY, That is the virtuous way to do it, and it is its own reward, because you can do it very much better and more comfortably be- fore the shops are too much crowded. By going early you get the pick of the goods and the best attention of the sales- people, and not being elbowed and hur- ried, can use better judgment about your purchases. Besides that, the more Christmas buy ing is done betimes and got out of the way, the less will be the strain upon the shops and their employees. At the best that strain will be tremendous. To meet the Christmas trade shopmen and shop- girls, delivery clerks and drivers, mes- senger boys,—all the apparatus, human, animal and mechanical, and sale and dis. tribution will be driven at high pressure for at least ten days. Young people will be up and at work when they ought to be abed; so will tired people who are not young, and tens of thousands of workers will come to Christmas Day too far gone to do more than be thankful that the rush is over. A great many people will have to do their Christmas shopping late because they cannot get the money in hand to do it early. But every considerate person who can, should aim to get the Christ- mas buying done by the fifteenth of De- cember. He Stood Up to Them OUNT it to the credit of President Roosevelt that he has stood up, for better or worse, to some men who were absolutely unused to being stood up to, needed to experience the sensation. Some of them were exceed- ingly important «nd useful men, and good inen, but damaged by the tribute of prostration which they had long been used to receive from their associates. It made them mad to be stood up to; some of them are mad yet, and will stay mad for a long time to come. But it did them good, and was good for the country. and “Mow CAN ME MOLD oFrice ip mis eve. SIGHT 18 pap?” RECOVERED There's always the person who's hit by finds that he's minus his trunk, He's obliged for a loan, and so isn’t obliged To spend the whole week in his bunk! All In the Same Boat Me's JUDGE IN THE NIGHT COURT.” THEY ALL TALK THAT WAY a wave, “The trip is so restful, I love these slow boats! Says Mrs, Alonzo G. Honks. But if ‘twere a question of fast boats or none— She'd have to stay home in the Rronx! comicbooks.com