Life, 1912-08-22 · page 7 of 44
Life — August 22, 1912 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate pieces of satirical writing and one illustration titled "Fanning the Flame." **"The Storm"** and **"After the heat of love"** are brief poetic verses about emotional turbulence, likely commenting on social upheaval of the era. **"The New Aesop"** retells a fable about a Grasshopper and Ants, modernizing Aesop's moral. The Grasshopper spent summer singing while Ants worked; when winter came, wealthy Ants' son rescued her through charity rather than the traditional moral lesson about industry. **"We Criminals Must Stand Together"** appears to criticize low-class New Yorkers who sympathize with criminals, suggesting shame about baseball on Sundays. The photograph **"Fanning the Flame"** shows two women in what appears to be a romantic or intimate moment, likely satirizing contemporary attitudes toward relationships or morality. The specific historical context remains unclear without additional publication date information.
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av) The Storm ER the heat of the day, Chill with pain, Comes the wail of the wind and FT Sting of rain. After the heat of Jove, when We'd for Comes the ery of the heart and Wild regret. Leolyn Louise The New Aesop A iRASSHOPPER had spent her summer in a merry whirl of gaicty, and when winter came she was nearly perishing with cold and hunger She went toa community of Ants who lived near by and asked them for the loan of food and shelter to tide her over until the following summer “WI t have you heen doing all sum- ked the Ants, who did not believe in indiscriminate charity “T have heen singing and d: she replied They were about to send he in scorn when the son of one of the Millionaire Ants stepped forward and aid: “* Do you have been sing- ing and dancing Let’s see what you can do” Thereupon the Grasshopper. havin: J splendid training, sang melliflu- ly and danced divinely Good for you, little one.” said the son of the Millionaire Ant. There- upon they eloped to the balmy. sun- shine of the Riviera and lived unhap- pily ever after, We Criminals Must Stand Together IFE, having sunk to the lowest limbo of turpitude, naturally sym- pathizes with those terribly criminal youths of New York who are so lost to all sense of shame as to wish to play Lall on Sunday. deep is our sym- pathy and so calloused to crime have we become that we would the ball players in breaking up this holy alliance between the ministers and the police. But we don’t know what todo. The trouble seems to be chiefly lly assist that baseball can't he played on the sly. [i it could, then, perhaps. we could make up a purse, appoint a sui MWe go-between and bid for the police against the ministers Perhaps some one’s ingenuity is equal to the occasion. Perhaps some all diamond one can invent a base with a side di and a hack room This would solve the difficulty. It would enable base ball to. skulk and, unless you can skulk, you can't be pro- tected by the police. This would give Sunday base ball all the advantages now enjoyed Ly the liquor dealers, the gamblers and the hrothel-keepers E.O. J. THE FLAME comicbooks.com