Life — January 30, 1913 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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246 Defending Mr. William Rockefeller E can not agree with those esti- mable journals which think Mr. liam Rockefeller should be cen- sured for not voluntarily giving him- self up when the authorities were seck- ing him recently. These papers ex- pected too much of Mr. Rockefeller. They should remember that there is nothing in the criminal code which makes it unethical for fugitives to con- ceal themselves. The penalty is not any greater because a man tries to escape. Mr. Rockefeller knows much better than we what goods he has on him and how important it is that he should not be caught with them. It seems to us that he has acted in a highly conventional manner and should receive the support of all re- spectable papers. The Point of View XIOUS MOTHER (reading Mothers’ Magazine): Tell, me, Frank, what is Mellin's food? Groucny Huspanp (reading news- paper): The New York, New Haven and Hartford, of course. Another Speed Record HE following extract is from a re- cent report of the N. Y. branch of the A. S. P. C. A, one of the wealthiest institutions of its kind in the world: The idea of a hospital for animals is by no means of recent origin, as a subscription list was started and contributions paid in to the Society's treasury for the purpose over twen- ty-four years ago. It is only re- cently, however, that its officers have felt that its finances would admit of the necessary heavy outlay to build and maintain it. This com- bined hospital, shelter and ambu- lance house forms an object lesson to those who have shown a disposi- tion to criticise our organization for want of progressiveness. Criticise? Congratulations, rather. Considering the previous record of this society, we offer it our hearty “sty GRACIOUS! WHY DOESN’T HENRIETTE HURRY HOME FROM THAT caucus? THESE CHILDREN ARE LIKELY TO BE BORN ANY MINUTE!” felicitations on erecting a building twenty-four years after the contribu- tions were received. That allows but ten years to shrink from the new idea, ten years for slumber and recovery from the shock, and four in which to wake up, yawn, stretch and actually get to work. Tt is, indeed, “an object lesson to those who have shown a disposition to criticise our organization for want of progressiveness.” Were it not for the suffering ani- mals all these years there would be food for mirth in the knowledge that this surprising haste was caused by a tardy sense of shame. It came after certain women of the society, disgusted by the hopeless delay, started out and built a hospital of their own. New York's Secret HE only reason that New York City is such a great success lies in the checks and balances which we have inherited from the federal gov- ernment. By these wise checks and balances we are able to segregate onc from another the functions of the three great departments of govern- ment: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. As a result of this, no department will have anything to do with any other department. The Mayor is at loggerheads with the aldermen and the judiciary, and the judiciary and the aldermen are at loggerheads with each other. Accordingly our fair city moves steadily forward without friction. The people are as meek as they always have been and always should be, and the public service corporations are uni- formly prosperous. If there is any city anywhere which is still without checks and balances, let it secure a set at once by all means. comicbooks.com