Life, 1910-09-29 · page 9 of 40
Life — September 29, 1910 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: 1. **"A Gift From Above"** - The illustration depicts an early airplane with passengers, captioned as "A Twentieth Century Miracle." This satirizes the novelty and wonder of early aviation technology (likely from the 1900s-1910s era). 2. **"A Twentieth Century Lullaby"** - A poem mocking modern life, referencing fathers in monoplanes and brothers in motorboats, contrasting technological progress with traditional family values. 3. **"Justice"** - An editorial section arguing that justice should be universally accessible across America—regardless of geography or social status (mentioning a "suffragette in London" and "a negro in the South"). This appears to address early 20th-century inequality in the American legal system. 4. **Brief humor exchanges** about a child's age and maternal thrift lessons. The page collectively satirizes modernity's promises versus social realities.
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| | / oot attest. Baie ae A GIFT FROM ABOVE A TWENTIETIE CENTURY MIKACLE: A Twentieth Century Lullaby ATHER’S in his monoplane, sailing round the moon, Mother, in the taxicab, won't be home till noon; Brother's in his motor-boat, on the silent sea—— Rock, wee motor-cradle, in the nursery! Sce the Silver Dream-Balloon, down the Milky Wa Floating through the starry drift to bear you far away! Acronauts with poppies crowned at the helm T sec Rock, wee motor-cradle, in the nursery! Soon “TOW old is the Browns’ youngest child?’ “It can't be more than a year old, It’s just learn- to fly." Cc! GYMAN: Did your mother try to inculeate lessons of thrift? Citicaco SHow Gini: Indeed she did. Many’s the time she said to me when 1 was a child: “ Maggie, never live he- yond your alimeny.”” Justice HE, continued well-being of the human race is guaranteed by the fact that no matter where on earth you go you will find justice. No country of the civilized globe is without its department of justice. If, for instance, you should happen to be in Russia’ and mention the fact that we are living in the twentieth century the Czar will be glad 10 show you his department of justi If in Spain, you will get justice for advocating education It doesn’t matter what you are, or where you are, the wheels of justice are well oiled. You may be a suffragette in Lon don, a negro in the South, an Oriental in San Francisco, a tramp in New York, the department of justice is ready and waiting to see that justice shall prevail though the heavens fall, In these d: there is absolutely no excuse fer anybody heing without justice HE mistake of Senator Lorimer’s political life was in not joining the Rough Riders. Much 1s forgiven Rough Riders.