Life, 1911-06-01 · page 18 of 52
Life — June 1, 1911 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces from an early 20th-century American humor magazine: **Top cartoon**: A wedding scene where the groom reassures the bride's family that the parson omitted the word "obey" from vows, and removed "poorer" and "worse"—mocking evolving attitudes toward marriage equality and women's rights. **"Because We Love Them So"**: Biting social satire attacking parental hypocrisy. It sarcastically lists how parents harm children "out of love"—permitting poison candy, dangerous fireworks, forced vaccination, and superstition—while preventing self-reliance. This critiques both indulgent parenting and restrictive Victorian child-rearing. **Bottom sections**: Brief commentary on Arizona's judicial recall system (appearing more democratic but potentially problematic) and a cartoon about the "auto wedding" custom of throwing shoes at newlyweds' cars. The page reflects Progressive Era concerns: marriage reform, child welfare, judicial accountability, and modernization's social effects.
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“| TRUST, DEAK, THAT YOU HAD THE PARSON OMIT THE WoRD ‘opeEY,’ BUSINESS FIRST THE GROOM SAYS 11F’S SORRY TO 114\ KEPT YOU WAITING, BUT HELL BE ov IN A Minute! Because We Love Them So E love our children dearly are willing to do anything world for them That's why we maintain so cheap candy stores where the kinds of poisonous concoctions are sol That's why we give them murde fireworks and firearms in the name o patriotism, That's why we meekly and ignoranily submit to having them vaccinated with a disgusting blood-poisoning virus. That's why we fill their heads with superstitious nonsense, why we teli them things that are not so and fail to tell them important things that are so. That's why we honey them dle them and put every obstacle in the way of their becoming self-reliant. May Have to Put it Off HE papers say—May neither Lady De Alexandra is at all weil, and that the n may have to be deferred. That's too bad! We very much re- gret the indispositions of these noble ladies, TTER THAN THAT; I HAD THE ‘POORER’ AND ‘Po WoRSE’ Lert out!” Judges in Arizona and in New York HE provisions in the new constitution of Arizona for the recall of public officers, including judges, scandalize the nd we think, justly. And yet we doubt that in practice the Arizona bench, if the proposed constitution stands, will administer a grade of justice inferior to that dispensed in other States. Here in New York most of judges are selected by Charles Murphy. Really, now, neighbor Sun, that is not an ideal method. We guess whether they are good enough, and vote, and they are elected. We voters have no voice in choosing them. They might far better be appointed by the Mayor or the Governor on recommendation of the Bar Asso- ciation. George R Orit THE AUTO WEDDING REVIVING THE PRETTY CUSTOM OF THROWING OLD SHOES AFTEK THE BRIDE AND GROOM