Life, 1913-05-22 · page 19 of 48
Life — May 22, 1913 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** A ship's steward addresses the captain about a crying baby, asking him to stop the fog-horn. This is a domestic comedy joke playing on the absurdity of someone trying to enforce household rules (protecting a sleeping infant) in a completely inappropriate context (a ship at sea). The humor lies in the steward's polite but ridiculous request. **Article: "Nothing Personal"** — Life magazine had apparently criticized wealthy retired rear admirals in a previous article. The Army and Navy Register responds, and Life agrees they weren't attacking the admirals personally—just the regulations allowing wealthy officers generous retirement benefits. Life clarifies: they actually like these admirals as individuals and want the government to retain them longer. The satire is gentle: Life is defending its critique while praising the very people it criticized. **Bottom Cartoon:** A child says "Mother told me to eat bugs!"—a simple nonsense joke typical of the era's humorous illustrations.
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“STEWARD, PLEASE TELL THE CAPTAIN HE'LL HAVE TO STOP BLOWING THAT FOG-HORN OR HE'LL WAKE BABY” Nothing Personal IP commenting upon a recent article in Lire, the drmy and Navy Register says: _. The few retired rear admirals who are so fortunately situated as to come within the iniquitously opulent class condemned by Lire may be legitimately the subject of congratulation rather than the object of rebuke. We agree with that. Nothing was farther from our in- tention than to blame the rear admirals for taking ad- vantage of the regulations respecting their retirement. So far as our experience goes, these gentlemen are uniformly able and amiable, and that is why we want the Government tc hang onto them as long as possible. “AND MOTHER TOLD ME To RAT nucs!” comicbooks:com