Life, 1913-02-27 · page 39 of 40
Life — February 27, 1913 — page 39: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct sections: **Left side:** A satirical dialogue titled "Merely Character" depicting Irish immigrant characters (Mrs. O'Brien and Mrs. Fitzgerald) speaking in exaggerated brogue. The joke appears to be about someone borrowing money based solely on "character"—the humor relies on ethnic stereotyping of Irish Americans as working-class and financially precarious. **Below that:** An article titled "Race Prejudice in School-books" criticizing educational censorship. It argues that schools wrongly ban Shakespeare's *The Merchant of Venice* to avoid offending Jewish students, yet allow other works with problematic stereotypes. The piece advocates for fair, non-discriminatory treatment of literature. **Right side:** A Timken Roller Bearing Company advertisement featuring a motor truck, emphasizing engineering durability. The page juxtaposes ethnic humor with serious social commentary about prejudice—ironically, the "Merely Character" sketch itself employs the very ethnic stereotyping the article criticizes in textbooks.
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Merely Character Mrs. O'Brien. How w is ‘t_ye're not at yer job. “Good ma’ are ye? Wi this marni “Good marnin’ to ye, Mrs. Fitzgerald. Gi'm fine, OFM sorry oF n’ talkin’ to ye, Oi'm on me way to Jay Parcpoint’ Morgin to borry a thousand dollars.” ? “Are ye erazy, gone out o” yer sinses What's the madder with y Did OF say a th sand? OF thin a million. Of've got es foine a cheracter es ey on the block, an’ Oi nade the “Yere shure gone m. Mrs. Fitz perald. ge 's only cheracter is needed, he sis. Tin childer—a no-count man—hard is workir gh—an’ Oi'm short this week. Go alays paid me bill bye—Oi can't he loiterin'! His office rn me own, Meet me ‘t the fourt’, we'll have a boite at the W ro! Fift) Avenoo and Th after me seein’ him—Good-h Race Predjudice in School-bocks “smicmormestet — 1 Look Beneath the Motor Truck lities of Jewish public school wf ATCH the axles of the giant motor truck as it rumbles by, over the rough roadway. It swerves about other vehicles, bumps acros: cobbleston The great load bears with grinding fore Becauss portrayed suscer sard of Superintendents has i “The Mer where they pupils Jo the readin prohil chant of Venice” in schoo! nate. Alas, poor Portia! Will r-tracks, jolts over first to one side, then pred weman lawyers, sullragists and feminine progressives generally sul to have t to the other. their great prototype sacrificed along Truck tires are solid, truck loads are heavy. Engine and transmission are with Shylock to the squcamishness of : attached solidly to the frame and ride smoothly on the powerful springs, but the school censorship axles and their bearings get every bit of the tremendous pound and vibration. But if there is to he an index expur A five-ton truck itself weighs about §.000 the. its loo | And this is only what the axles and bearings mect under sstiae. ot ethoal (recaninee | pore, ‘The whole of thi Seightissupported (cal comticions.” What shout emergencies” sed on E les of the front and rear axl racial sensitiveness it should be fair and fear vpindice Sy6 athe is ite’ cquable. If Shylock is barred out of : eanticipated in respect lo Jewish pupils, Hamlet ought ; pind Years of actual entire ere Knowh that carry t Motor through |} : : era are turned often excee The bearings are én nan, constantly meeting all of them at once. THE TIMKEN-DETROIT AXLE CO., DETROIT, MICH. Wy THE TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING CO., CANTON, OHIO The best way to sce it. Nothing half so enjoyable. Roads, scenery and hotel accommodations the finest in the world, Send for Resorts, ‘ashionable Swiss - toe. by mail. tthe rights of fat schoolboys to he prohibited out of consideration for Official Information Bureau of Danish pupils. fF pils ect Jered also in the trer of Fal Switzerland, 241 Fifth Avenue, tw Richard U1. their rights in the ter priv of “Gyp the New York City. should respected by the abolition of respected as regards Perhaps it would one if not espeare’s his the little colored cs. fron torical plays { schoo ding hoy and brot he ig the prescribed course her he subjected Irish 7 have life so f don non y deal with kly Thackeray with his And i ic pu pi at Milton's sonnet on cerned with the eradic es that they are full of 1 Costil s for conscient ors con- pils take offe ion of race the Picdmont massacres, why, then prejudice from school hooks. “can” Milton along with the rest. —New Vork World. comicbooks.com