Life, 1910-03-24 · page 39 of 44
Life — March 24, 1910 — page 39: what you’re looking at
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This page primarily contains **editorial commentary** on the "waning power of the press" rather than satirical cartoons. The main text discusses Francis E. Leupp's Atlantic Monthly article criticizing American newspapers for declining standards and accuracy. The piece defends journalists against amateur critics who lack understanding of reporting's complexity—noting that people complain about weather predictions or "sensation" while reading sensationalized stories themselves. The author argues newspapers perform remarkable feats of fact-gathering and narrative construction that casual readers overlook. The **advertisements** are period-typical: Carthusian Monks liqueur (300+ years old), Autolite Monolite self-lighting cigarettes, and Waterman's Ideal fountain pens. These ads exemplify early 20th-century magazine revenue—luxury goods marketed to educated readers. The page reflects contemporary debate about **press credibility and public trust**, concerns that remain relevant today.
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‘LIFE: shifting their support to that journal or journals, which in some degree still FOR MORE THAN cling to old standards. That such a distrust is widespread we learn from the leading article in the Atlantic Monthly for February from the pen of a distinguished veteran in journal- ism, Mr. Francis E. Leupp. There is own observation of newspaper short- f things comings and the specific criticism of The Carthusian Monks have Made the public, and this seems to justify the ressions title of his essay: “ The Waning Power >repared of the Press.” a gen. 1 Mr. Leupp’s analysis of the situation titttions is temperate and well-considered. The te press \ press is not what it used to be in the lone we : heyday of the Washington correspon- 1s upon dent, and he has indicated the changes ts con- b a with comprehensive accuracy. It may its co- . be, however, that he attaches too much be easy = importance to the public's fault-find- i1d_ pos Sarees: ing. The average critic of newspaper accuracy, for example, betrays a woeful inaccuracy and lack of knowledge in ese, an = " his own statements of the case. We ot abso- Sven : have known him to flout the press be- he must P Q cause the weather predictions were aking a not fulfilled. When a criticism of a uy and poor play ran counter to his own con- LIQU EUR ception he has hazarded the opinion that “the reporter was not sufficiently Sy back to bribed.” Miracles of enterprise, of oes the mental and physical agility, the truth ental or extorted from those who would con- ern? It ceal or misrepresent it, the patient col- swered. GREEN AND YELLOW— lection of minute details, gathered on A: first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafés. the:runewimnewed jo a.wtiel ot Haste Blijer & Co. fo Bronte Nem York, N.Y. yet somehow woven into a correct and illuminating narrative—these things escape the amateur censor of the Press, crying out against “sensation,” then burying his face, it may be, in the < seventh edition of a newspaper dated The Literary Zoo a day ahead. (Continued from page 534) s 8 6 ralist_ and the commercial theatrical “The waning of the press.” It may manager is familiar to all. Luckily the be so. Well, let it wane. Exit the producer with brains and independence daily, enter the monthly magazine, sometimes gives it the lie. doughty with the weapons discarded ee by despised daily journalism. It is the If the people are really coming to cheap magazine, says Mr. Leupp—with entertain a profound distrust for the ) its corps of special writers, no longer Press, a remedy: might be found in | (Continued on page 536) } © THES MAT CHILE SS ASMORE-R AF aE AUTOLITE 25c. Self-Lighting ‘ y MoNouitE 15c. CIGARETTES ®&: mE haverased that pen ton tives They strike and light on the box yearsand itisas good as new today.” nkweaxe. |" Sunshine wind or storm. It is a difficalt matter to always suit people with, as N FOR MOTORING purely personal an article as a fountain pen—bot this { THE ONE BEST \ OR More AH | [3 FOR HUNTING make is in so many styles and sizes and so perfect in R CIGARETTE act struction. that leasure, 10 our FOR RIDING FOR CAMPING } dealers everywhere to supply them, An authorised Made of the finest, selected Turkish tobacco, biended under our personal b every Waterman's Idea! supervision to produce that mellow flavor and fragrant aroma demanded by evans ges wth evry Waterman's ideal srecareare telblghtlag disc bs guaraceed abaolotely harmless aod teste LE.Waterman Co., At all SMOKE SHOPS, or we will send, express prepaid, four JATCH boxes of » utolites or seven boxes of Monolites for a soliar bill 173 Broadway N.Y. RWITKOUT A MATCH AUTOLITE MFG. CO., Newark, N.J. SAG CRARNISCO NIEASS