Life, 1914-02-12 · page 7 of 44
Life — February 12, 1914 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains social commentary from an era of labor unrest. **"Lorelei"** is a poem by Leolyn Louise Everett mourning lost beauty and peace, contrasting with discord and strife. **"The Expected"** discusses wage cuts at the New Haven railroad—a timely reference to actual labor disputes. It critiques how stockholders and executives escaped consequences while workers lost wages and jobs, sarcastically calling fiscalizations "hard-earned." **"St. Valentine's Busy Day"** cartoon depicts cherubs (Cupids) crowding outside a "Young Ladies Seminary," satirizing Valentine's Day commercialism and youthful romance. A quote about "sex antagonism between women" appears unrelated to surrounding content—possibly commentary on gender dynamics of the era. The overall tone is critical of corporate decisions affecting workers during what appears to be an economic downturn.
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‘OU were music, Belovéd, the music of pain, And I, weeping to hear the sad, wonderful strain, Found pleasure forever was tawdry and vain. You were music, Belovéd, the music of strife, And I, thrilled to the warfare of marvelous life, Claimed ‘peace was a phantom where courage was rife. The terrible silence across the long years, Content that gleams wanly through ages of tears— And calm that comes slowly, a balm to my wrong, I would give up my soul for one note of your song! Leolyn Louise Everett. TH true sex antagonism is that between a woman and the other women. The Expected HE cut in the wages of a large number of employees of the New Haven road was bound to come. It was a necessary step in any complete job of fiscalling. The road may now be said to be almost entirely fiscalled. The stockholders have lost in assets and dividends, the public has lost in rates and service, the employees are to lose in wages, while the fiscalizers, having picked the carcass clean, have retired to more congenial and remunerative fields and to find suitable ways to spend their—shall we say hard- earned for want of a more appropriate expression—their hard-earned _fiscalizations. By proper feeding of criminals their criminal tendencies may to some extent _be removed. —Dr. A. F. Gillihan, of Oakland. How about Mrs. Pankhurst? ST. VALENTINE’S BUSY DAY comicbooks.com