Life, 1909-10-14 · page 22 of 36
Life — October 14, 1909 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces reflecting early 20th-century social concerns: **"A Suffragette"** mocks women's suffrage advocates through a poem listing domestic tasks the suffragette "could not" perform—implying women seeking voting rights were incompetent homemakers. The joke presents suffragism as unattractive rebellion rather than legitimate political activism. **"The Two Clocks"** contrasts a slow grandfather clock (urging caution and tradition) with a fast French clock (representing modern haste). This appears to satirize anxieties about changing social pace and values, with the French clock seemingly associated with frivolous modernity. **"An Easy Way Out"** and other brief jokes depict working-class men outwitting authority figures—reflecting tension between laborers and conductors/bosses. **"Two Sides to Everything"** presents domestic discipline debates, while "Just So" jokes with children address child-rearing philosophies. The page is primarily satirical commentary on gender roles, modernization, class dynamics, and social propriety—dominant concerns of early-1900s American culture.
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, The Two Clocks The Grandfather Clock, it tocks away ; “Slowly, slowly," it seems to say. “Take your time. Take your time. Don’t barry scurry, . . Upset the world with your senseless flurry, A Suffragette {I Tock, tock. Tock, tock. You know. You kage She could not cook, Life is young. Love is young. Go slow. Gy She could not bake, slow.’” She could not wield A garden rake; The little French Clock, it ticks away ; She could not sew, “Faster, faster,"" it seems to say ; She could not darn, “Life is fleeting, and Love is, too. She could not knit Hurry. Hurry. ‘Time won't wait for you, Socks out of yarn, - ck, tick. Tick, tick. Spring won't | And she could not 3 ¢ autumn soon. Go fast. Go f A husband get; —Margaret Erskine in American Mc So she became = A suffragette Two Sides to Everything And joined a club Whose motto said: “Till we can vote We shall not wed."* Houston Post. A little boy was given too much underdone pie for his supper and was soon roaring hustily His mother's visitor visibly di d. “Tf he was my child, said, he'd geta good sound spanking.”” An Easy Way Out t “He deserves it,” the mother admitied, “ta “Here, you,"" said the conductor angrily, “ you 1 dont believe: fo: Spanking: (hit von «a ba fang up a fare. Do: that again and I'll put “Neither do 1,"" said the visitor, “ but ['d ters yen oft A/SOCTMERN STATE him over.""—Success. The small man standing in the middle of the crowded car promptly rang up another fare. Thereupon the conductor projected him through Just So the crowd and to the edge of the platform Lirree Wittie: Say, pa, what is a synonym? “Thanks,” said the little man. “I did not “ Airships are just in their infancy.”’ Pa: A synonym, my son, is a word that can be see any other way to get out. Here's your dime.” “Yes, and they're mighty hard to raise.’— used in place of another when you don't know Success. Cleveland Plain Dealer. how to spell the other.""—The Wasp. Bringing Them Up ® is published every ‘Thursd: alta J Sutes. G Ch Lane, London, E. C.. England. 1s. Brentano’ Possessions. $5.00 a y ies in the Post. i's News Exchanges, 1. New Coventry Street. Leicester Si Siiodayveari wo Ca 2 pies, 10 cents. Back numbers, after : I. Via Firense. Milan: Mayence: Germany 3s from date of prtstica D prjiit ‘Rights ti Gonad ‘Be Vo cout ribucee se returned uniess accompanied by tamped and addressed envelope. are copgrieMted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britainetfy does nat hold itself responsi for the (oss or non return of unsolictted contributions. London, WC. Live is (or sate by all Newsdealers in Great Britain, The International News Company, Breams THE STA ER FOR BUSINESS STAT. 00K FOR THE WATER-MARK" THE trimmed hedge, the clean gravel walk, the clipped lawn, the neat flower beds, the trailing vines over the porch—these put a visitor in a pleasant mood. iiiiin bey as a wholesome, invigorating : stimulant. Immediate in effect, ‘ Pf j i and gratifying to the whole sys- makes a letterhead which gives MIE tom Te appetives, aids diges tion, and should be in every that sort of welcome to a busi- PV aesieck ARMM boone for the use and benctt of all. When fatigued, it braces “ 7 te xs and freshens, and is excellent ness conference. ies eet fecens snd sseelint Let us send you the OLD HAMPSHIRE BOND Book of Specimens. — tive specimens of letterheads and other business forms, vs ee Over ported printed, lithographed and engraved on the white and fourteen colors of eae OLD HAMPSHIRE BOND, Write for it on your present letterhead. A At all Hotels, Clubs and Restaurants, or by the’ bettie at Wine Merchants and Grectrde ‘iD for UNDERBERG. booties free. Bottled only by H. Underberg Albrecht, Rheinberz. Germany, since 1846 Hampshire Paper Company ‘The only paper makers in the world making bond paper exclusively South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts . we —h Oe a armen aerate Soa ‘SOLE AcENTS: MADE “a LITTLE BETTER THAN SEEMS NECESSARY™—"LOOK FOR THE WATERMARK” comicbooks.com