Life, 1909-09-23 · page 12 of 28
Life — September 23, 1909 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page combines editorial content with satirical cartoons. The main text discusses "Life's Literary Trust," announcing editorial changes to Harper's publications and other magazines under new leadership, including Mark Twain overseeing a men's furnishing department in *The Century*. **"To a Little Deaf Dog"** is a sentimental poem addressed to a deaf dog, expressing trust and understanding despite communication barriers. **"Faith Made Easy"** discusses political optimism about completing the Panama Canal and tariff reform, suggesting credulous faith in government promises. The bottom cartoon, captioned "The Way the Habit Might Have Started," shows a giraffe and cart—likely satirizing how wasteful or unusual practices become normalized through repetition. The accompanying illustration mocks political deception regarding electoral promises.
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Tir satan Life’s Literary Trust N addition 10 our already large list of publications and authors, we now secured control of Harper's ner's, Outlook, Ladies’ Home ; Mark Twain and Mrs. Humphry Ward. Conforming to our plan of introducing economies, all magazines and writers will be specialized as soon as pos. sible. Harper's Magazine will be hereafter devoted to muck-raking, under the able editorship of Eugene V. Debs. have Serib these The Outlook, long and widely known as a humorous paper, will continue such under the direction of Mr. Edward Bok. The Ladies’ Home Journal, under the as THE WAY THE MABIT MIGHT HAVE STARTrO se efficient editorship of Mr. Jack Johnson, will hereafter be the leading pugilistic organ of the world. It will also have departments devoted to gambling, tip- pling and kindred topics Mark Twain has been placed in charge of the men’s furnishing department of Century, which will henceforth devoted largely to that subject Mrs. Humphry Ward been di rected to prepare a serics of articles on: “What Right Has the Other Half to Live?’’ These will appear in Town and Country. Scribner's has been merged with the Atlantic, and will be use¢ flow for articles which arc enough to appear elsewhere. as an over not good The price to authors for matter appearing in the Atlantic will be merely nominal. Other sweeping changes will be an nounced from time Many encomiastic letters have come in during the week. We affix a few: Dear Lire Your trust is the only de- cent thing you ever did Yours modestly, to time. Axtioxny Comstock. The following is important: Dear Lire As I am about to run for office again, would you mind if I denounced your trust from the stump? You can rest assured that anything I say will be forgotten after I am clected. Yours anxiously, Jerome am Having impli confidence in Mr. Jerome’s harmlessness and_ political acumen, we immediately wired our consent. To a Little Deaf Dog HAT do you think, dear little friend, Of the silence that has come? Why do you think—poor little friend— The voices loved are dumb? Does the simple creed of per That held you firm all through, ill fill your faithful little life And make it right for you? love, From your deep eyes the Beams up into my own, And from the joy that in them lies, You do not fecl alone. ne old trust But when with head upon my knee You gaze so wistfully, I hope, old man, you understand The fault lies not in me T trust that you who know so much, And yet so little, too, Through your sweet dog philosophy Know that my love holds true. Ethellyn Brewer DeFoe. Faith Made Easy OOK and Peary have enlarged boundaries of human credulity It is casicr now to believe that the Panama Canal will be finished, the tariff da fair approxima- tion to honest government accomplished for the city of New York the revised downward a “var's HaNps? “Me COT HIS PALMS mADLY TALKING BIZNESS DOWN ON THE THE MATTER WITH RosENBAUM’S SuNBURNED seacn.” comicbooks.com