Life, 1913-09-04 · page 39 of 40
Life — September 4, 1913 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct sections: advertisements and editorial commentary rather than political cartoons. **Left side:** A Grinnell Gloves advertisement emphasizing quality and durability for various activities (motoring, hunting, fishing). **Center:** An article titled "Old Adages Disproved" satirizing the saying "love laughs at locksmiths." The satire references modern developments—specifically women's suffrage activism. It mocks romantic notions by suggesting that if a wife attends a "suffragette meeting" and sneaks home at 2 a.m., her husband should watch her frustration at finding the door locked. This is a contemporary joke mocking both women's rights activism and marital infidelity, using the locked door as a punchline about surveillance and control. **Right side:** A Kodak advertisement for home portrait photography. **Bottom:** Brief editorial notes, including commentary on *World's Work* magazine's institutional identity, and a joke about income tax exemptions for children. The page is primarily commercial with light satirical commentary on contemporary social issues, particularly women's suffrage.
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Ol L ld Adages Disproved + Laughs at Locksmiths? Character ! OVE may have done this once, but Love knows better now. We have only to call attention to the well-known fact that never before have there been so many The man or woman who wears bigamists in jail, Also, how can Love afford to laugh at locksmiths when i Grinnell Gloves has a satisfying marry a girl with money she can put it into a safe deposit box which is guarded night sense of being correctly and day by such complicated machinery that you can’t get near without rendering your- gloved, whether motoring, self liable to arrest? . golfing, fishing, hunting, or ° 5 ges Se Seen ee But if you still think that love laughs at locksmiths, bolt the front door of your Grinnell Gloves are gloves house some night when your wife has gone to a suffragette mecting, and from your of character and distinction, secure trysting place in the upper window watch the expression on her face in the They are made in many styles, feeble glare of the hall lamp when she comes home at two a. M. and tries to get in each the very Love pamaible to produce for its special purpose. Style 4927 Grinnell-Gloves Sold with a Bond ‘They are guaranteed 1 and are washable feature affords a snug, comfort. 4 yids the ett pT « ble wear and a fir lebars. let's, oF, if he doesn’t sell and free glove book, stating whether you are particu interested ina glove for motoring, motorcycling. h dress or work. MORRISON-RICKER MFG. CO. Established 1886. 42 Broad Street Grinnell, lowa Sarre ayers eames A Periodical's Personality In announcing the retirement of Mr. Walter H. Page from its editorship to become Ambassador to England, the World's Work remarks that “the maga zine will suffer no change, for the work of editing it has for a long time and in an increasing degree been teamwork.” This means, of course, that in the twelve years of its existence the World's Work has built up a personality of its own, which is distinct from the personality of any one man in its service. even of its editor-in-chief. That is what happens in the case of any great newspaper or magazine which is the product of many minds and hands. Its general development is directed by the dominant personality connected with it. But it docs not represent even his private and personal views. Often his own preferences would lead it to take a certain attitude, when he fecls that as an institution in the com- munity, it must take a different posi tion. Thus, as a result of its history and its general policies, the periodical comes to be an independent entity, bound to stand for certain things irrespective of the private views of iss staff. So it is proper that editorials should not be signed. They represent the views of an institution, not of an individual. Their force comes, not from the person anit i who writes them, but from the character ; i 1 as Ss TAREE Pa ar 4 of the periodical for which they speak. 0 SKLET. AT HA KODAK” FREE AT NOUR DEALERS || —Kansas City Star. ? BY WTO MAKE SUCK PICTURES. ‘ROCHESTER, N.Y. HE income tax removes the tariff on babies. Have you a little exemp- tion in your home?—Chicago Tribune. PETER J. CAREY, PRINTER, NEW YORK comicbooks.com