Life, 1911-07-06 · page 17 of 44
Life — July 6, 1911 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"Child Suffrage"** argues ironically for giving children voting rights, since factories now employ them heavily. The satire mocks adult hypocrisy: we've made children economic contributors but won't grant them political voice. The closing joke undercuts the argument—adults admit they benefit from child labor and wouldn't want child voters anyway, revealing the real obstacle is selfish adult interest. **The Grand Duke anecdote** satirizes romantic presumption: a Russian noble believes his bouquet tips are winning a French actress's affection, when actually his valet is profiting by sending cheap flowers using the Duke's name and money. **"Water, Water Everywhere"** mocks William Jennings Bryan's 1912 Albany speech criticizing incomprehensible political platforms. Life's riposte: no one understands any political platform anywhere—this isn't unique to New York. The spiritualist cartoon at bottom jokes about séances asking trivial domestic questions rather than profound afterlife mysteries.
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Child Suffrage ICH more important than woman suffrage is child suf frage. In the old days, twenty-one was amply carly for the introduction of an individual into the affairs of state but it is so no longer. Now that many of our factories an mills and sweatshops are “ dren, children should be allowed to have a voice in the gov- ernmental regulations relative io these activities It might be objected that children would want to make a playground out of the halls of C ess. While this might not be a positive advantagé, still it would not be a serious objection. Would it not be better for children to play there than for adults, as at present? We do not make this suggestion very hopefully. Now that we have accustomed ourselves to having the children sup port us, it would not be altogether fair to have our mode of “manned” almost entirely by chil life interfered with. Then, too, many of us have no chil- dren and we would certainly not like 10 be ruled by the chil dren of others. Notwithstanding these objections, however, there is still much to be said in favor of the child. Ellis O. Jones. HE Grand Duke Michacl Alexandroviteh, the represenia- tive of the Czar at the coronation, was in Paris not long ago and became an admirer of Mme. Bartet of the Comédic Francaise. He sent her a bouquet with the impe- rial card attached, and, accepting it as a formal courtesy, she thought no more about but the next night came another, and thereafter a succession, Later she saw the Duke, who was extremely puzzled, until it developed that his valet, who delivered the flowers, had received a tip of twenty francs upon each occasion and had bought a ten-frane bouquet N London they feel that the Venus de Milo, in spite of a strong leaning towards the nude, is perfectly ‘armless left a postal card addressed to “* The Police, which read: “Tam going to kill myself. am from Pittsburg, and my family is good, It was not signed.—Daily Paper. O° course it was not signed, No- body about to embark for another sphere would want to leave his name signed to two statements which nine finders out of ten would promptly pro- nounce to be incompatible. Of course there are good nilies in Pittsburg, but what newspaper reader would be- ieve it? “Water, Water Everywhere!” IFE’S an aquatic meet—some swim, some dive, some back water, some float and the rest—sink, S it possible,” asked Wm. J. Bryan at Albany recently, “that you in New York have platforms which you cannot understand ? Is it possible that Mr. Bryan knows The Medium: we are NOW IN COMMUNICATION WITIT YOUR DEPARTED WPT of a platform anywhere which we can YoU WANT TO ASK HER ANY QUESTION? understand? “Vrs: 1D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE SHE PUT MY SUSGIER UNDERWEAR” comicbooks.com