Life, 1913-04-24 · page 27 of 48
Life — April 24, 1913 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page contains a book review and two separate cartoons. **The Review:** J.B. Kerfoot reviews a book by "Mr. Benson" (likely socialist author Allan L. Benson) about socialism. Kerfoot praises it as emotionally engaging and urgent, warning readers it will provoke strong reactions—either enthusiasm or anger—depending on their disposition. **The Cartoons:** 1. **"First Time He Ever Kept Me Waiting So Long"**: A silhouetted figure (likely a dog or loyal companion) waits by a fortress or castle, suggesting abandonment or betrayal by someone expected to return. 2. **The Restaurant Joke**: A man asks a restaurant if they charge for bread and butter. Told "no, sir," he replies "Then gimme some"—a joke mocking cheap customers or those trying to get free meals. The page juxtaposes serious political commentary with light humor, typical of Life's satirical approach.
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PAST PRESENT cialism proposes to do to the world and how it proposes to do it. But instead of being merely intellectually alive, Mr. Benson's book is emotively living and magnetically, in earnest. And it’s in earnest right now. you are mighty thin-blooded or mighty thick- radio-acti And unle: skinned it will raise a good, big itchy lump cither on your And—but suppose you J.B. Kerfoot enthusiasm or your combativeness. try it! “FIRST TIME HE EVER KE!T ME WAITING SO LONG” AND FUTURE “Do YOU CHARGE FOR BREAD AND RUTTER IN THIS RESTAURA 0, SIR, THEN GIMME SOME.” comicbooks.com