Life, 1914-01-15 · page 11 of 40
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**Top Cartoon**: "Ante-room in the Office of an Eminent Philanthropist" depicts wealthy figures seated facing each other in a sparse room. The satire mocks wealthy donors' self-importance during charitable meetings—suggesting philanthropists spend time congratulating themselves rather than actually helping people. **Article "Mr. Hammond is Disgruntled"**: Criticizes businessman John Hays Hammond for declaring he won't invest in America while Woodrow Wilson is President. The author (E.S.M.) defends Wilson, arguing Hammond prioritizes money over principles. Hammond apparently views Wilson as impractical for thinking "big" about governance rather than commercial interests—a contrast the author uses to critique Hammond's narrow worldview. **Bottom Joke**: A brief exchange about women wearing various hats, with the punchline that women wear every hat type "but the thinking cap."
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| : | ANTE-ROOM IN THE OFFICE OF AN EMINENT PHILANTHROPIST Mr. Hammond is Disgruntled OHN HAYS HAMMOND is quoted as declaring that he will never invest another American dollar in a for- eign land so long as Woodrow Wilson is President. Well, well! John's investment in South Africa got his head into a noose, and helped to get England into one of the most costly and disastrous wars in all her history. He seems to think that governments exist to pull investments out of the fire. President Wilson certainly has a different impression. He has in Washington the same kind of vision that he had in Princeton when his stubborn stipulations lost an endow- ment for the Graduate School. He sees people and prin- ciples big and money small. Mr. Hammond sees money big and people small. So do a lot of other men who have got the habit of thinking first of commercial interests and last of folks. To them Mr, Wilson seems a person of de- , fective understanding whose mind does not grasp what is really important. . He will always seem so to them because his conception of what is important is radically different from theirs. E.S.M. RS. FROST: Have you noticed, John, that women are wearing all sorts of caps again? Frost: Yes; every kind but the thinking cap. VUR SYMPATHETIC FRIENDS comicbooks.com