Life, 1912-04-11 · page 19 of 46
Life — April 11, 1912 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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The top cartoon satirizes social hypocrisy. After Perkins says goodnight to hosts, he apparently eavesdrops or somehow discovers their true unflattering opinions of him—contrasting polite facade with private judgment. The joke concerns the gap between public courtesy and private gossip. The lower illustration, "Diana of the Chase," appears decorative rather than satirical—a classical-style scene of figures in pursuit. The surrounding text discusses copyright law violations by publications reprinting material without permission. Life uses this space to editorialize about publishers filling pages with copyrighted illustrations from other sources rather than creating original content. The heading "Revised by a Philanthropist" appears ironic, suggesting someone correcting or "improving" content. The overall page addresses publishing ethics and legal consequences rather than specific political figures or events.
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a ex ro es a | Cece POWDERS AFTER SAYING GOOD-NIGHT PERKINS WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY REALLY THOUGHT OF HIM sulycct to confiscation, because under our new copyright law the penalty, as (is article from Lire shows, may be made very severe; to such a degree that some papers would be unable to meet the judgment. “It has been the habit of many pub- liections, particularly here in. New York City, to utilize the daily papers, the weekly papers from all over the country, magazines, and in American copyrighted European publications, to fll their columns with reprints, in plice of organizing an editorial de- partment and giving to their readers orivinal matter. This has gone to such an extent that some of these weekly publications are filled from cover to cover with pictorial illustra- tions, most of which are copyrighted an] belong to the original publisher under the law; and now we see from the decision in the case of Lire what the danger is of pursuing that kind of newspaper business, Sometimes an article like this one is closed with the ( statement: ‘A word to the wise, which, however, in this instance is unnecessary.” HE pip Revised by a Philanthropist rich in haste and restore 3 leisure. “DIANA OF THE CHASE” comicbooks.com