Life, 1911-09-21 · page 14 of 52
Life — September 21, 1911 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page contains miscellaneous content including donation acknowledgments, brief news items, and humor columns—not primarily political cartoons. The main illustration shows a church interior scene with a mother and child, captioned: "Mother, do you think God would mind my not putting this in the collection plate if he knew I was saving for a catcher's glove?" **The satire:** This gentle joke mocks both childhood priorities (sporting equipment over religious charity) and parental anxiety about teaching moral values. It reflects Depression-era concerns about making ends meet, since saving for even modest items like baseball gloves required sacrifice. The humor comes from the child's naive attempt to rationalize selfish behavior through theological logic. The remaining content consists of short humorous anecdotes and a "Modern Menu" section—typical Life magazine miscellany.
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468 Life’s Fresh Air Fund Previously Acknowledged «.......-$ Mrs. D. Mo 1. . : W.. Hart... C.J. Manly... Florence Newton ACKNOWLEDGED WITII THANKS Two Imperial tires for Lire’s Farm car, from the McGraw Tire & Rubber Co., East Palestine, Ohio. Case of Children's New Clothing, from Mr. Morris Gotlieb, Ridgefield, Conn. wB-nound Crock Apple Totter snd s-xallon Pail Sweet Pickles, from II. J. Heinz Co., Pittsbure. Pa. A harrel, of “Gold Medal Flour” from Washburn-Crosby Co. through Mr. F. G. Tyler, Providence, R.'I. In the Nick of Time THE cables bring the cheering news that it is all a mistake to. think Thomas A. Edison is an agnostic. He says so himself. This refutation of that report comes just in time to prevent several congre- gations in this country from ripping the electric wiring out of their churches and going back to gas as an illuminant, or even further back to oil As to that, considering the saintly con- duct and language of brother Rocke- feller, it does not scem exactly brotherly for the churches to have discarded oil lamps, docs it? Modern Menu YPHOID oysters on the half shell Benzoate of soda soup 4 la mock turtle, Ptomaine halibut. Roast beef a la arterio-sclerosis, with prussic acid succotash and sulphate of copper peas Lettuce salad with aniline dyes. Lactic acid Philadelphia cream cheese, with papier-maché crackers. Caffeine precipitate, with New Hamp- shire quarry sugar. Finger bowls with streptococci water. Query ITTLE hours of golfing; Little vetoes, too, Make us prone to wonder What Our Bill can do. The Inference OKUS: Miss Caustique says she is very fond of young Saphedde Pox Why, I thought she was a man hater. Hoxus: So she is. I suppose that's why she likes Saphedde. *LI PE: Lies AYOR GAYNOR laughed and talked cheerily with everybody he met yesterday, Henry James has painter. Ata medical congress in Atlantic City, a majority of the members of the medical profession decided to appeal to the Government to appoint a commission to set a uniform price hereafter on all operations. John Jacob Astor broke off his engage- ment because of newspaper notoriety. President Taft announced that he will do no more traveling until after the coming Presidential election. J. P. Morgan was caught stealing out of Dieppe with the Mona Lisa under his right arm. Twenty-seven hundred New York soda fountain clerks resigned theit positions in a body, on the ground that they could not clean their glasses properly before serving the public. become a sign A subway guard was scen to smile at a passenger. Admiral Togo will go from New York to St. Petersburg, where he will visit the Czar and be given the freedom of Si beria. Ten thousand suffragettes called at Lire office and voluntarily laid down their arms. Dr. Harvey P. Wiley has taken roonts in Washington with Secretary James Wilson and Solicitor George P. McCabe Modern UFFER little children to come unto me, for their's is the kingdom of profits. HARITY WORKER: You poor soul! Does your husband always hang around the house all day? Mrs, Tenement (cheerfully) : Indade, no. Half the toime he’s in the lockup. after’s ultimate—An imaginary job with a real salary. “MOTHER, DO YOU THINK GOD WOULD MIND MY NOT PUTTING THIS IN T COLLECTION PLATE IF HE KNEW I NG FOR A CATCITER’S GLOVE?”