Life, 1914-01-22 · page 37 of 40
Life — January 22, 1914 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and book reviews** from Life magazine (a satirical publication). The main content is a rhymed review of Winston Churchill's novel *The Inside of the Cup*, which critiques wealthy church leadership. The poem describes how a prestigious Cleveland church (St. John's) hires a proper young minister, Dr. Hodder, to please its wealthy benefactor, Eldon Parr. However, Hodder discovers the church's influence is declining because the congregation—particularly poor people—sees the church as corrupt: the wealthy parishioners accumulated their fortunes through morally questionable means ("downright swindling"). **The satire targets**: the hypocrisy of wealthy churches prioritizing donors over genuine spiritual values, and clergy willing to compromise their message to maintain institutional funding. The page otherwise contains standard period advertisements for travel tours, sectional bookcases, books on marriage/sexuality, and cigars—typical early 20th-century magazine content.
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FOR MEN OF BRAINS IGARS “MADE AT KEY WEST Mra, Hobbell and Mise Earle now give instruction in the modern dances at Castle House School, For terms, -.., 4 aigress Management of CASTLE HOU: 26 East toth Street. Teleohone 947 Murray Hill. Rhymed Reviews The Inside of the Cup (By Winston Churchill. The Mac- millan Co.) Ss" JOHN'S (of Cleveland, some in- fer),— Which housed a wealthy congrega- tion, Required an able minister, A Personage of reputation, Both orthodox and eloquent Yet not too stern a conscience- prodder And so the well-fed vestry sent A call to grave young Doctor Hodder. He came. His sermons didn’t jar His placid audience severely ; He pleased the Magnate, Eldon Parr, Who owned the church—or pretty nearly, And yet the honest Rector found That young folks wouldn't hear his preachings ; And, worse, the poor who dwelt around Despised his church, its works and teachings. He grasped the cause why, day by day, His church's influence was dwin- dling ;— The men who paid the church’s way Had won their wealth by downright swindling. In God’s own temple Mammon reigned ; And gulfs of scorn and hatred sun- dered The Church that Eldon Parr main- tained,— The Poor whom Eldon Parr had plundered. First, Hodder thought he'd best resign, But later vowed, in faith grown bolder, To scourge these trafiickers malign. — His sermons hit straight from the shoulder. The vestry raised an awful row; They said he'd made the church a bull-pit ; They stopped his pay,—but anyhow I guess he won't give up the pulpit. And while old Eldon’s malison Might well have caused his blood to stagnate, He’s married Mistress Alison, The daughter of that wicked Mag- nate! 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