Life, 1914-07-02 · page 40 of 44
Life — July 2, 1914 — page 40: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two main satirical pieces: **"Society Doings of an Earlier Day"** (top left) is a humor column that anachronistically places historical and literary figures in modern social situations—Louis XVI at a hotel called "the Bastille," Cleopatra with Mark Antony, Lady Macbeth hosting parties. The joke is the incongruity of treating fictional/ancient figures as contemporary society gossip. **"Holding Up a Chinese Mirror"** (right) discusses Wu Ting-fang, the actual Chinese minister to the U.S., who wrote a book criticizing American culture. The satirist mocks Wu's observations—particularly his claim that Chinese are more content than Americans and that older people are more respected in China—by suggesting these critiques reveal uncomfortable truths about American society. The "mirror" metaphor implies foreign criticism can expose domestic flaws we ignore. The rest of the page is advertising (Schlitz beer, Paris garters).
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