Life, 1911-06-22 · page 9 of 44
Life — June 22, 1911 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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The main illustration is titled "SUGGESTION FOR AN ANGLO-AMERICAN FLOAT IN THE CORONATION PARADE." It depicts an ornate royal float carrying elaborately dressed figures under two crowns, representing Britain and America in harmonious unity—likely a commentary on Anglo-American relations during the early 20th century. Below, the text discusses Boston newspapers, with Will Irwin (Collier's, May 27) criticizing Boston papers for lacking the breadth and truthfulness of other American newspapers. He argues Boston advertisers, not readers, control editorial content, making papers parochial rather than politically independent. The adjacent short piece "Work Cut Out" by Mrs. Gramercy mocks the impracticality of fashionable dress styles requiring excessive preparation time.
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SUGGESTION FOR AN ANGLO-AMERICAN FLOAT IN THE CORONATION PARADE Boston and Newspapers ILL IRWIN (Collier's, May 27) inspects Boston and finds her wanting. “In no other American city is so great a proportion of people who want to do the right thing,” but “in few other American cities do the people so dimly understand what is the right thing, socially and politically, and that the great issues are no longer political but economic.” Will says the trouble is that the Bos- ton newspapers have withheld the light, “the light of a sane, broad, truthful point of view in the daily flow of the times.” This is awful; but he also intimates in some detail that the excellent Tran- script is bolder in treatment of things in Russia than of things in Boston. Even Brother Hearst's Boston paper goes gingerlier than the Hearst papers anywhere else. Will also points out that not only in Boston but everywhere else in this coun- try the advertiser, not the subscriber, supports the newspapers, and that nat- ural consequences ensue, such as the omission of views that the big adver- tisers don't like. That is inevitable. Where the treas- ure is, there shall the heart be also. The advertisers do support the newspapers everywhere, Still, they are moderate in their demands and do not dictate poli- cies, and the news items that are omitted out of regard for them are usually un- important. It is too bad about the Boston papers, that they are not more rampagious, but, after all, Boston is a respectable city and prefers that condition. Work Cut Out RS. GRAMERCY: The number of buttons the present styles call for is a blessing in disguise. Mrs. Park: I quite agree with you. It's now possible to spend two hours dressing without wasting your time. comicbooks.com