Life, 1911-12-28 · page 13 of 41
Life — December 28, 1911 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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The main cartoon, titled "Grandma—To-Day and Yesterday," contrasts an elderly woman from the past (left) with a modern woman in a rocking chair (right). The joke appears to satirize how women's lives have changed: the old grandmother figure looks witchlike and skeletal, suggesting hardship, while the modern version sits comfortably with leisure time, a small dog nearby. Below, "Lies" discusses a grand talking bee competition in Omaha where prominent figures like W.H. Taft and Roosevelt are mentioned as contestants. This satirizes politicians' reputation for lengthy speeches. The page also includes "Rules for Journalists" and other brief humorous items typical of Life's satirical format from the early 20th century.
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“ Aviatrice ” (It is suggested that lady aviators called aviatrices.) FTSOON the lady Beatrice: Will rise as an aviatr Or.if you speak her name Be-at-rice, She'll then go up an aviatrice, And should you call her treechy, Then she'll be an aviatrice In any case, provide a mattress In case she falls, an aviatrice. Rules for Journalists Never to seek office. Never to take gift stock. Never to touch campaign money, HOSE. are the precepts that Marse Henry says the young journalist should hang on his bed post. So he told the newspaper men at their meet- ing last month in Boston, They are excellent rules, Journalism is a con- secrated job, It is hard to mix it in with other money-making or fame- gathering occupations without making a mess of it. Hear the Dean of the profession: Disinterestedness, the — mainspring ; good will and good chcer, the solar sys- tem of good journalism; the decent, the truthful, the unselfish—not inconsistent with enterprise and interest—will more and more direct the ambitious among the conductors and the workers of the daily press, for these in the long run are the only qualities which will insure pros- perity GRANDMA — TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY GATIRE is cynicism with which you agree. Cynicism is satire with = which you do not. Lies GRAND talking bee will be held in Omaha early in A the spring. Every first class talker is eligible. The judges will award prizes according to the length of time the contestants can talk without stopping, the glittering generalities they can indulge in, the excuses they can make and the number of different ways in which they can present the same subject in the same time. Up to date the entries are W. H. Taft, T. Roosevelt, W. J. Bryan, Woodrow Wilson and Champ Clark. Andrew Carnegie has enlisted in’ the Turkish tmy. Anthony Comstock has entered a monastery. TRAVELING FOR HIS HEALTH comicbooks.com