Life, 1910-06-09 · page 23 of 40
Life — June 9, 1910 — page 23: what you’re looking at
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**Main Cartoon:** The illustration titled "In Love" depicts a nighttime scene at what appears to be a country inn or tavern, showing figures in silhouette—likely a romantic or comedic encounter. **"Morganatic" Article:** This is the page's substantive content. It discusses King George V's previous marriage to an "estimable lady" (now living in Canada) before his current marriage to the Princess of Wales. Under royal law, his children from the first marriage were deemed "morganatic"—illegitimate for succession purposes—and the marriage was legally annulled. **The Satire:** Life attacks the hypocrisy of Anglo-Saxon society (particularly the British establishment and church) for legally denying his first family while celebrating his current royal marriage through prayers and ceremony. The author equates this duplicitous behavior with the Turk and Mormon practices of redefining or concealing inconvenient truths through legal/religious language—all "brothers under the skin" committing identical acts while calling them by different names. **Point:** The magazine critiques institutional hypocrisy and the gap between law and morality in handling royal marriages.
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IN mate, which is to say the human, story of adventure was never more craved and necded than by our commuting and paternally governed generation It is therefore because My Friend the Indian offers us this sense of participation in meaningful action that one is tempted to lay the major stress of comment upon this side of its usefulness, although, as first- hand testimony from a qualified witness in regard to important nishing type of humanity, it deserves more J. B. Kerfoot events and a serious consideration Tite goose that saved Rome just quacked Misinformed I’ the interesting biography of the late King Edward that the World printed at the time of his death, it was set forth among other things that for many years the King and Queen Alexandra had not lived on terms of domestic amity ; had had indeed no relations but public ones, and met only on necessary public occasions, This was interesting gossip, but according to accounts that seem much more eredible than the World's, it was not only ntrue but the reverse of the truth It is a pleasure to believe that the Morld’s information in this instance was mistaken, and to make this tardy correction of our neighbor's error. (No charge.) Trout is the shortest distance between two arguments, Morganatic HEN King George recently s England the papers had something to say ab ceeded to the throne riage of his that once took place long ago, before he tracted the alliance with the present Princess of Wales Some of the papers denied it, and others while ad it had little to say about it The truth is that many years ago the present King of and married an estimable lady and by her had several children. This lady is now living quictly in Canada When the King married his present wife, by the law of royalty his former marriag annulled and his childre morganatic children. Could anything better reveal the hypocrisy of the Anglo- Saxon? So far as the law is concerned the present King is no less than Yet high functionaries of the church celebrated his royal marriage and prayers are offered daily for his health and conduct Even the idea of mentioning the fact that he is the father of two sets of children, one of whom has never had the privilege of calling him father after twelve years of his parentage over them, is now considered indecorous The truth is that the Turk, the Morimon and the Ang! Saxon are brothers under the skin. They all do the same things and call them by different names. No man is a hero to his stenographer.—Ballinger. comicbooks.com