Life, 1909-06-17 · page 11 of 32
Life — June 17, 1909 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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The left illustration shows a writer at his desk by candlelight, captioned "SOME VERY FAIR FICTION WAS TURNED OUT IN DAYS GONE BY." This appears to be nostalgic commentary on older literary practices. The right cartoon titled "HIS OWN MEDICINE" depicts a figure at an "EDITOR" booth rejecting submitted work. The satire targets rejected writers seeking revenge against editors—the rejected party now becomes the rejector, offering the editor his own experience of rejection as "medicine." The text sections discuss whether women are fundamentally different from men, and includes a humorous exchange about a Boston Terrier and Dachshund, using dog breeds as metaphors for national/class identity. The overall page mixes literary commentary with social observation typical of Life's satirical approach.
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SOME VERY FAIR FICTION The Author of the Best Seller Y next book is contracted for. The publisher has just for- warded a check on account I am to receive twenty per cent royalties besides It is already being advertised The newspaper type, too I sit at my desk, in my $30,000 country house. A stenographer is at my elbow. Everything is rea I wonder what I shall write about? —Freeman Tilden. reviews are in WAS TURNED OUT IN DAYS GONE BY Wall Street Note of the best buys in the street just now is Mercury, No stock on the market is subject to such violent fluctua- tions, but authorities agree that its general tendency in the next month or two will be decidedly bullish. It is sure to go to ninety, and perhaps to par or over. This statement is made on the authority of one of the biggest gamblers on the street, Mr. Arthur Mometer. that you 1! are not exactly sui ed to the needs of HEAVEN | Rejection does, nol necessarily Torply lack of {) merit @ you ma; Hate euccenetad SOMEWHERE MIS OWN MEDICINE Is She a Female Man? I woman a female man? Will the suffr: ing question a sis kindly discuss this interest- nd explore its bearings on the tion whether woman ought to vote. Fifty or sixty years ago the impression prevailed in these parts that th a black whit The that the negro is different from the white man in so many er of ques- negro was man. opinion prevails now is important particulars that his color is a 1 minor concern Analogously there are many who feel that w is different from man in such lots of ways ¢ servers who think of her as a mere female art from premises are bound, when they argue about her, to reach wrong conclusions. But whereas the conviction is that the negro, at this stage of his development, is inferior to the white man, the whole tendency of current thought is in the direction of belicf and acknowledgment that won wrong and all but universal nis the equal of man. But it does not follow that she is equal to all his duties any more than that he is equal to all of hers. “Better to Endure the Ills We Have” Bosros TERRIER: Oh, my friend, we live a dog's life here, and when we cease to € what? Dacusuvuxp: You will probably become a country sausage, and I an imported frankfurter! comicbooks.com