Life, 1909-09-23 · page 13 of 28
Life — September 23, 1909 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two cartoons satirizing Brooklyn life in the early 20th century. **"The First Scandal"** depicts what appears to be a chaotic forest or jungle scene with various creatures and figures in disarray. The caption suggests satirical commentary on scandal or misbehavior. **"The Brooklyn Milkman's Feat"** presents a humorous article about the occupation of milkman—described as physically demanding work requiring early rising and harsh conditions. The accompanying text includes dialogue between "Mrs. Post" and "Johnnie" about smoking, implying humor around childhood behavior and parental expectations. **"Scull and Cross Bones"** (bottom right) shows figures in a rowboat, likely a visual pun combining nautical imagery with the skull-and-crossbones pirate symbol. The satirical tone targets working-class Brooklyn life and period attitudes toward labor and youth behavior.
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THE FIRST SCANDAL The Brooklyn Milkman’s Feat T scems that Dr. Cook was by o profession a milkman. It is a calling well suited to harden a man for a spectact: lar destiny, and especially to train him for exploration. It involves very carly rising, disregard of weather and much solitary travel in the night watches. Besides his early training as a milkman, he endured for many years the severe exercises incident to residence in Brooklyn. Life in that great suburb is one long struggle to get to New York and back again alive. Beside the bridge- crush, as it was when Dr. Cook started North, the embraces of the Arctic ice-pack must have seemed like caresses. Peary was a Brooklyn man, too. It is no trouble for Brooklyn men to get to places difficult to reach. Their whole life is spent in an effort of that nature, and it would be surprising if they did not get to be good at it RS. POST: Do you think you'll smoke when you're older, Johnnie? They say it makes one awfully sick at first. Jounnie (aged ten): 1 don't expect any bother over it, mother. It wasn't the slightest effort for me to learn to swear. SCULL AND CROSS BONES comicbooks.com