Life, 1913-05-01 · page 12 of 48
Life — May 1, 1913 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical pieces: **"The Heathen, in His Blindness"** (poem by W.W. Quinton): Mocks religious hypocrisy—a supposedly pious Christian criticizes non-Christian practices while himself engaging in materialism and vanity (Easter bonnets, worldly goods). The satire suggests Western Christian superiority claims ring hollow given actual moral behavior. **"The Anglo-Militant"** (poem, author D.C.): Satirizes British imperial violence, depicting a woman defending aggressive military actions while posturing as civilized and maternal. **"The Chief Robber"** (prose satire): Lists competing claims about who the "chief robber" is—tariff interests, lawyers, politicians, employers, landlords, governments, and others—suggesting systematic exploitation pervades society, with blame distributed across institutions. **"If Fashion Should So Decree"** (cartoon): Shows fashionable women in impractical dress, mocking fashion's absurd demands.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
872 “The Heathen, in His Blindness” HE heathen, in blindness, Receives not with kindness, Our creed which should profit him much; He kneels to Daibitsu— Or is it Jiu-jitsu— Mohammed, Confucius and such? No tail-coat constricts him; i Es ___— Ww No silk hat afflicts him; He never pays rent for a pew. No dry sermon holds him; No lean deacon scolds him; ? Orn \ — He leaves when he thinks he is ao fy through The new Easter bonnet, With aigrettes upon it; The bill, which would bankrupt a H queen ; } And gowns in addition, Ms Ss That cost like perdition, | Are things which he never has seen. THE ANGLO-MILITANT : pane “0, woman, in our hours of ease, To hear thy hardened voice that erst i God pardon his blindness, Uncertain, coy and hard to please. In softer tone our pain dispersed— i And let him, in kindness, When pain and anguish wring the brow, With mannish frock and frowning brow— 8 i stop all this fuss; \ ministering angel thou.” “Non angeli sed Angli” thou! } Just step in and stop all this Thus sung the bard of Abbotsford: We have reversed the pun, you see, fb Just spend all his dollars, Had he beheld thee now—(O Lord!) Made famous by St. Gregory. | To send over scholars, He would have changed his tune, [ wot posuere An angel thou?—well, rather not’! O, to behold those spirits rar And force his religion on us! To see thee stalking up the Strand, We entertained once—unaware! i IW. W. Quinton. A brickbat in that lily hand— 0. C. The Chief Robber HO is the chief robber? “ The tariff,” says the importer. " says the litigant an,” says the municipal reformer. “The liquor dealer,” says the Pro- | hibitionist ny employer of labor,” says the landlord,” says the Single he middleman,” says the pro- ducer “The Government,” says the tax- Pay * The producer,” says the consumer “The labor union,” says the em- ployer. “ Everybody, says everybody else. Secure MONUMENT is proposed in memory of the late John Bigelow. Good idea, but Mr. Bigelow’s mem- ory is all right. A five-cent cigar has been named after him. IF FASHION SHOULD SO DECREE comicbooks.com