Life, 1908-12-31 · page 19 of 21
Life — December 31, 1908 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and reader letters**, not political satire. The letter section ("Life's Letter Box") contains two substantive reader responses: one defending the Catholic Church's doctrine on indissoluble marriage against a Life editorial, and another—more relevant to modern readers—from "Dore King" challenging Life's patronizing article about "The Household Problem." King's letter sarcastically argues that women, being experts in household management, should be allowed intellectual pursuits (Greek, physics) without husbands' interference. The satire targets Life magazine's own paternalistic assumptions about women's roles, suggesting that if husbands truly valued women's "amusement and diversion," they'd permit such activities—or if they genuinely believed these studies harmful, they should prove it rather than simply forbid them. This reflects early-20th-century debates over women's education and autonomy. The remainder of the page consists of travel and whiskey advertisements typical of the era.
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[eelgiesE BERMUDA “THE IDEAL WINTER RESORT.” Only 45 hours from New York by frequent steamers of guess. 8 S Co. (Te: Brway, N. Y.) raisins life, Yachting, bores ia Climate ful throughout Ree et tse well PRINCESS HOTEL NOW OPEN HOWE & TWOROGER, Mgrs, Hamilton, Bermuda, ROUND THE $1425 WORLD Remarkable Four M Tours; Maguiticeni abips; First Class throughout The Boston Travel Society Old World Journeys atten. Boylston and Berkeley Sts., Boston, Mass. KENILWORTH INN BILTMORE, N. C. 2 hours from New York. ‘Adjoins Geo, Vanderbilt's famous estate. Always Open. New agement. Ideal cltm. Riding, Driving, Golf, Tennis. THE SULTAN, ABDUL AZIZ. X I Xz ‘Then vp spake the great Abdul Aziz, Arwat ty ont to oft play with ‘hea Tin RAD-BRIDGE* I play, Tadee me net agieur tan se Divorce and the Catholic Church To tne Epitor or Lire: Sir:—Referring to your editorial in the De- cember 1oth issue of Lire discussing the Catho- lic Church and the divorce question. To begin with, your editor is supremely igno- rant of the Scriptures, otherwise he would not ‘€ questioned the statement made by Cardinal bons that Christ declared marriage indis- soluble. Look up the New Testament, Chapter XIX, of St. Matthew's Gospel, from the 2d to 7th verses. It may be that your editor is not a believer in Christianity. If so, then his little (“Did He?'') can be accounted for and of course overlooked. The sarcastic remarks about Cardinal Gibbons were somewhat bitter, it would seem to me, and I think uncalled for. It is a good thing, how- ever, for a paper of your kind to make such a break occasionally, as it enlightens many of its readers as to its true principles. By way of a little information, it might be well to inform the author of the article that the jaw of the Catholic Church regarding divorce is as old as the New Testament, as old as the church, and had not for its author “a celibate Priesthood"? but Christ himself. This law was upheld and observed in the church even when Catholic priests were allowed to marry. If the author of the obnoxious article in question will review his history, he will find that for cen- turies the clergy of the Catholic Church married. This editorial was offensive to Catholics, but I hope it was not so intended, for I have hith- erto found your paper quite fair minded. Yours truly, J. S. Crarx. 12, 1908. Buveriero, W. Va., Dec. Husbands and Wives To tHe Epitor or Lire: Sir:—I have just read your remarks about “The Household Problem,’’ on page 561 of the November 19th number. I would like to suggest that since women know far more about the fun’ and “ diversion” of “running a household" (that being their busi- ness) than you possibly can (your business being to write articles) that if it is really only their amusement and diversion.which you seek, that you allow them to find it where and how they please, and to “read Greek "’ and “dabble in physics,” say, on Sunday, or some one day out of seven Of course, however, if you are not utterly un- selfish, and if you consider Greek and physics injurious. to husbands and could clearly demon- strate it, I am sure all wives would gladly give up these things and work seven days of the week. Hoping that you will at least be unselfish enough to print this, I am Your admiring reader, Dore Kixe. Novemser 27, 1908. JOrINSJAMESON WH ISKEY For Sale Everywhere W. A. TAYLOR & CO., Sole Agents, New York. Select, party_sails January 30. ‘Aut Seven Tours to Europe, DE POTTER TOURS, 32 Broadway, N.Y. (30th Year) For the Coming Year Copyright, 1908, by Lite Pob. Co, ABSENT FRIENDS After C. D. Gibson Photogravure, 18x22 in. Now in its Twenty-Sixth Year. bs It retains all of its best features and ife Specht Each year better than the year ing new ones, ‘The subscription price of LIFE is Five dollars a year, for which amount it will be sent weet to any address in the United States, Mexico or ican Possessions. To $5.52. To any point in the Postal Union, $6.04. With each Yearly subscription received before April Ist, 1909, LIFE will send, post free, a copy of Mr, Charles Dana Gibson's charming and decorative drawing “Absent Friends” LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, THE WILLIAMS PRINTING COMPANY 17 West 31st Street, New York ‘ comicbooks.com