Life — September 22, 1910 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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ola) cul a Life’s New Editor Deak, Sistex.—We, who have done time, salute you! We rejoice that our down-trodden sisters in America have recruited the services of so influential a journal as Lire. The tyrant man is everywhere Pets a PS EE ‘ the foe of our sex, and you in America must resent has met with practically universat approval. his ill-treatment. Stir up the American woman, The From a host of messages bearing on the av Poor creatures go not scem to be aware of their own hace ib reproduce sufferings, Teach them our methods of breaking ui hece sto) reprogw political meetings. ‘Show them that it is nobler to be a sufiragette than to be a woman. Would that there Were more in America like you. Baitisit Association Surreacette Ex-Prisoxers. HE engagement of Miss Priscilla Jaw- bones as the Suffragette Editor of Lire, announced in our issue of last we nouncement we have only a few of the most significant. A long-distance telephone message from a high official of the Govern- , " ri this came from Kansas: ment, spending his summer holiday aaa son eeevamnciie tats! a ne Be. Wa Sg ie eax Prisciita.—l don’t read much, but here's at Beverly, Mass. was as follows five dollars for Lire a year. I want to read your col- umn, Ly express I’m sending you one of my best hatchets. Give it to the men, especially them that drink the demon rum and use the filthy weed. Yours truly, Canna, Nation Lire is fortunate in not being tied down by the Constitution of the United States. Were it not for the limitations imposed upon me by that document, I. should long ago have chased Ballinger’ out of the Cabinet and offered his position to Miss Jawbones. A lady Wwuo nas Leen so successful in conserving her own beauty is exactly the person to have charge of the conservation of our national resources. PI ¢ Dean Paisciura-Glad to heat you have got a jew tend to ber the assurance of my high cons i ‘on Lire. Do: whatcyou can to lmprove: its. morals, and my best wishes for her success in her new duties. fat remember that the alos lumporiane they is 16 get out of it all the dollars und self-advertising you can. Yours for purity (and the dust), Congratulations both to Lire and to Fraulein Jaw Toxy. ; hones. In my empire we prefer the hausfrau to the suffrazette, and I rejoice that Fraulein Jawbones has Handsomely engrossed on vellum, bearing at the top a secured a permanent job in America. Cable my Min P Aa monogram which seems to consist of the letters W. C. ister of Foreign. Affairs if she escapes from Liry elias aes office. Gesundheit! Bit, T. U., comes this formal resolution: Among the earliest telegrams received was this one from Philadelphia: This note is from a well-known reformer and advocate of calling the attention of every one to the impure in art, znd incidentally to himself: This cable comes from Potsdam, Germany : Whereas, Our esteemed sister, Miss Priscilla Jaw- bones, has ‘been honored with an appointment as . Suffragette Editor of Lire, be it Congratulate Lire on its enterprise in securing Resolved, That this organization proffers its good services of Miss Jawbones. Will you sell us your wishes and congratulations to both Miss Jawbones contract with her. Name your own price. and to America’s leading periodical, and be it Eorrox Perrect Lapies’ Home Journat. Resolved, That this Union extends to Miss Jaw- It is needless to say that no amount of money could in- hones a cordial invitation to join us in the spread of peices iy Priscill fanaticism, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, espe- duce Lire to give up its own and only Priscilla. cially in opposing ‘any legislation looking to ‘the re- From Rome (Italy) came this cipher cable, which we establishment of that vicious institution, the army a ch tind ts rel: teen ; also that she be asked to aid us in intruding have not yet had time to unravel: into the private affairs of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth Lire, New York.—First. of Paul to Timothy and other ladies with whom we have no personal Chap. two, verses nine to twelve incl. Pius. nequaintance in the effort to break them of the im- . . a " moral and soul-destroying habit of smoking cigarettes. Our new colleague received this characteristic note from distinguished and recently returned traveler now so- journing on the northern shore of Long Island: Perhaps one of the most touching tributes of all was this communication, which accompanied a package of femi- Dear Miss Jawsoxes.—I am delighted to hear of nine apparel in the latest style: your new connection. I should call in person but [ Paris, France, am so occupied with my editorial duties and running the Republican party, besides impressing my. views and wishes on all conceivable topics upon all kinds of persons, that I have not had the leisure. When I shall have put the United States on a correct running basis and adjusted some defects in the operation of our solar system I will run in on you and I will straizhten owt this matter of Woman's Suffrage Wishing you success and hoping you will bear in mind that in my opinion personal dignity and personal modesty are obstacles to true greatness, Tam, Yours strenuously, u P.S. What are your views on race suicide? This cable from London shows the widespread interest Miss Priscilla and her mission: Wednesday. Distincutsuep Lapy.—I have the honor, in recog- nition of your recent appointment, to send you a few specimens of my latest creation, The inspiration which led to the composition of the hobble skirt was based on the servitude in which men hold women. Is it not a truly poetical thought? And the prompt. ness with which it has been adopted and worn by women the world over, particularly in America, is a mark of the intellectual greatness of the sex and its appreciation of French art. It shows how worthy women are to participate in ruling the affairs of the world. I kiss the beautiful hand of M’Ile. Jawbones and sign myself, Her admirer, Jurox Paguix-Dovcrr. Composer of the Hobble Skirt. comicbooks.com