Life, 1913-12-25 · page 33 of 41
Life — December 25, 1913 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page contains social satire and period advertising. The main editorial piece "A Menace to Society" critiques wealthy industrialists (Rockefeller, Carnegie, and railroad magnate James J. Hill) who've begun dispensing life advice to the public. The author argues that while accumulating wealth kept the rich predictably occupied, now they're offering unsolicited moral instruction—which the writer finds presumptuous. The satire suggests the public should take life advice from "the man who has failed, not succeeded." A brief humor item jokes about equal pay: a woman's rights activist says a woman deserves a man's wages "depending on whether she's married to him or not"—implying wives should earn differently than other workers, a darkly comic jab at both traditional marriage economics and the women's suffrage movement. The remainder comprises advertisements for luxury goods (silver service, resort hotel, rum) and household products—typical of Life's mixed editorial-advertising format of this era.
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F chil. ening n the lown- r an- | the stairs t's, was me's oop- w it the af. ded nan re the principal oss my 00 Live A Menace to Society HERE is evidence that our million- aires are gradually coming to find out that they have enough. Mr. Rocke- feller admits that he doesn’t want any more, which is equivalent to saying that he has more than he can count. Mr. Carnegie hopes to die poor. Others are in the same class. This is a great pity. It would be much better if they would go right on acquiring more, instead of arriving at a point where they think they can in- spire us by something interesting and original enough to be worth while. The process of acquiring money is really much more harmless than it seems to be. While our millionaires were doing it we knew at least what they were up to. Now we don't know what unexpected thing they may do next. We know at least what Mr. Hill is doing when he is busy acquiring more railroads or “ building up” the West. But when he attempts to instruct us on how to live, we ex- perience a proper feeling of resent- ment. We don’t want Mr. Hill or any other rich man to tell us how to live, We have nothing against Mr. Hill, so long as he keeps quiet about it. We can find out how to live from any use- ful compendium, or by subscribing to the Ladies’ Home Journal. When we really want to be instructed, however, we prefer to go to the man who has failed, not succeeded. Reporter (to Woman's Rights agi- tator): And do you honestly believe that a woman should get a man’s wages? Acitator (grimly humorous): It de- pends upon whether she’s married to him or not—Sydney Bulletin. : The Finest Resort Hotel In the World Has been built at Sunset Mountain, Asheville, N. C. Absolutely Fireproof. Open All the Year An old-fashioned Inn—walls five feet thick, of granite boulders, Water from slopes of highest mountain east of Rockies; milk_and cream sup- plied exclusively by Biltmore Dairies on estate of George W. Vanderbilt; finest golf links in the join ifotel. Write for rates and Booklet B. GROVE PARK | INN Sunset Mountain, Asheville, N. C. Se UNDERGROUND EEARE™I GARBAGE RECEIVER NO FREEZING. NO LITTER. NO ODORS. Opens with the foot; cloves itself. Clean and saaltary. Sold direct from fac tory. Guaranteed. Circular tree. C. H. STEPHENSON, Mfr. 46 Farrar St., Lynn, Mass South ad Iton’s ] Crys tal dk ing Old Rum The Only Rum Bottled in Bond—Ask Your Dealer. RES 45% “'Heppelwhite ” exclaimed the Old Gentleman. You can know him by his dancing Jines, He breathed into his art the spirit of classicism and created forms of which none can tire.’” From “Chats About Silver,” sent free upon request \ JHAT better gift can one make to- day than a Heppelwhite Service with the quaintness of the quaint old maker’s time set upon it like a grace? Reed & Barton, during nearly a century, have re-created the silver fashions of many periods in many patterns, blazing silver trails in the field of exclusive de- signs. No silver can be too elaborate, or too simple,to be found in the Reed & Barton compass, which includes gold, bronze and pewter forms as well. Send for “‘Chats About Silver,” filled with word and brush pictures of old, quaint times. Offered by Leading Jewelers Everywhere Reed & Barton Taunton, Massachusetts Represented at 5th Avenue and 32d Street 4 Maiden Lane New York Chicago Boston San Francisco New Z is a suggestion for everybody. Why not lead the contrast life? The trouble with most people is t Getting into the habit of doing anything is fatal in the long run. trouble to get into it. Therefore everybody should live the contrast life. 1165 The Heppelwhite Poidioses t they get into the habit of doing something. First, it causes you Second, it involves a certain amount of difficulty in keeping into it. Third, once having passed the first two difficulties you cannot get out of it. If you are the head of a large family and live in a real home, go out sometime and become a star boarder in a boarding-house. If you are intensely respectable, take a day off and do a wicked thing, or if you are wicked be respectable for a short time. If you are an automobilist, get out and walk. If you have a sweet disposition, lose your temper and throw plates.