Life, 1913-12-25 · page 13 of 41
Life — December 25, 1913 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct satirical pieces: **Top cartoon**: Officers encounter young vagrants, with dialogue mocking their criminalization. One officer calls them "idle, mischievous young ragamuffins" deserving jail, while another notes "it was we own son done it" — suggesting class hypocrisy in how poverty-stricken youth are treated versus wealthy children committing similar acts. **"A Clear Field" section**: Promotes *The Atlantic Monthly* magazine's fifty-six-year publishing history, contrasting it favorably with *The Atlantic* (likely a competitor). **Bottom cartoon**: Titled "Santa Claus: Cheer up! Christmas is over!" Shows what appears to be an exhausted, overweight Santa collapsed with empty bottles nearby — satirizing the commercialization and excess of Christmas festivities and their aftermath.
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