Life, 1913-03-06 · page 27 of 72
Life — March 6, 1913 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Image:** A reproduction of an old biblical print depicting Elijah's ascension to heaven in a fiery chariot, contrasted with modern spiritualism. The caption mocks contemporary "Life's Vibration Parlors"—spiritualist con artists claiming to channel "presences" by having customers focus on a center point that "turns blue." The satire targets gullible people paying for fraudulent séance treatments "on the instalment plan," sold individually or in clubs of ten. **Bottom Cartoon:** A brief dialogue between two men satirizing elite education's impracticality. Mr. Dumpleton boasts of sending his daughter to an expensive fashionable school, but his friend Vox Blumer reveals the absurdity: she has "no time to study"—implying the school prioritizes fashionable social performance over actual education. The accompanying illustration of a woman calling "James, come here this minute" suggests frivolous domestic preoccupations. Both items mock contemporary American pretension and fraud.
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iV, ‘®) TT NA CECT TICTCN LITTL Ml I FROM LIFE'S COLLECTION OF OLD PRINTS ELIJAH GOES TO HEAVEN IN IIS FIERY CHARIOT fixing your psychic eye on the center— which will almost immediately turn blue—you will get the “presence.” This is only understood by the in- itiated. Treatment on the instalment plan. Singly or in clubs of ten. . Life’s Vibration Parlors. Over Conscientious UMPLETON: You're sending your daughter to a fashionable school, aren't you? Vox Buuaer: Yes. “How does she like it?” “Fairly well, but she complains that she has no time to study.” “JAMES, COME HERE THIS MINUTE” comicbooks.com