Life — January 1, 1914 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 8 The left side contains a satirical office sketch titled "It's a Poor Rule That Doesn't Work As Well In Any Business Office As In A School." It mocks workplace dynamics by showing a manager defending his decision to allow employees to marry and have children—a practice he claims originated in schools where teachers were permitted unlimited children while drawing state salaries. The manager sarcastically argues that since schools can afford this, why can't his business? The joke satirizes the contradiction between educational institutions' worker-friendly policies and private business stinginess. The right side features "Motorwocky," a poem parodying Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky," replacing fantastical creatures with automotive references (K.R.I.T., E.M.F., Hudson, Garford, Cadillac, Jackson). It humorously catalogs early automobile brands, poking fun at the era's proliferating car manufacturers.