Life, 1913-11-27 · page 13 of 40
Life — November 27, 1913 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This Life magazine page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"Studying the Flora and Fauna of the Amazon"** - A whimsical illustration of a man in a boat among fantastical creatures, likely satirizing adventure narratives or naturalist expeditions popular at the time. 2. **"An Opening for the Practical"** - An editorial arguing that practical men should teach in schools, criticizing their absence from education. The piece suggests practical workers avoid teaching because wages are too low, even though teaching should be prestigious work. 3. **"Mr. Churchill Breaks Out"** - Commentary on Winston Churchill's proposal for Germany and England to build warships together. The author suggests Churchill's idea, while individually interpretable, could dangerously promote military cooperation and should be addressed immediately as a threat. The bottom illustration appears to show a social gathering, captioned "Their Recollections of 'A Quiet Little Place to Dine.'"
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STUDYING THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE AMAZON “BULLY! THIS WILL MAKE A CORKING FRONTIS-PIECE” Mr. Churchill Breaks Out S not the proposal of Winston Churchill that Germany and Eng- land shall suspend building any more warships for one year fraught with great danger to our noblest institu- tions? If the pairing off idea should become popular, would it not have a tendency to cripple trade and do away with some of those vast engines of modern civilization which conduce so much to the happiness of man- kind. Besides, Mr. Churchill's idea is ca- pable of an individual interpretation. It would be comparatively easy, for example, to make arrangements with your next-door neighbor to avoid di: cussing the servant question. But why go on? Something ought to be done 913 An Opening for the Practical HY is it that our practical men never teach school? Surely nothing could be more important or more worthy of their powers than to train the children of the land and to inculcate correct information, efficient methods and noble ideals upon them. This work must go on if the race is to survive, and no amount of intelligent attention is too great to expend upon it, Why, then, is it that our practical men have never interested themselves in school teaching? It can’t be that they do not realize its importance. They are too practical for that. It can’t be that the work is too hard, for nothing that is important is too hard for practical men. And, of course, it can't be because teachers are so poorly paid, for if practical men should take to teaching school wages would immediately aviate. That, indeed, is just the point. One of the prime requisites of a practical man is that he should receive a large amount of money for whatever he does. If practical men took up this work, the teaching profession would soon be among the highest paid in the country. Practical men who find recent business conditions somewhat unsympathetic might find much better picking in this great fallow field to which they are most welcome, E.0. J. . Paint . AINT is used on houses, park settees, frirces and faces. It comes in colors. Red paint is used on towns by young college men and old deacons, Fresh paint is used by children when they have their new clothes on. Paint is also used on sign boards which are put up every where to improve the scenery. No American scenery is considered complete without them. HON Caslag—. to Mr. Churchill immediately. He is a menace to the world. THEIR RECOLLECTIONS OF “ A QUIET LITTLE PLACE TO DINE”