Life, 1914-11-12 · page 10 of 48
Life — November 12, 1914 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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**"A Radical Departure"** article advocates putting government under government control—a satirical proposal the author acknowledges as revolutionary. The piece criticizes current governmental influence by newspapers, labor leaders, pension recipients, and military interests. **"The Rogue's Gallery"** illustration depicts a man examining portraits on a mantelpiece, apparently representing different types of people controlling government. The right-side cartoons offer social commentary: one depicts children being trained in proper deportment, another shows a woman escaping from what appears to be a "masquerade" (likely representing social pretense). **"Devotion and Intelligence"** discusses Dr. Parkhurst's sermon on Peace Day, questioning whether intelligent prayer contradicts devotion, and critiques relying on prayer rather than practical prevention of catastrophes. The page blends political satire with social commentary on early 20th-century American concerns.
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“say! AM ION THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT OR ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN?” ren * MANORESS A Radical Departure 1 es < & Aull HY not put the government under government con- te\ Tl) trol? r (i \ Se \\} \ We are awafe, of course, that this is a sweeping and more or less revolutionary measure, and, as Colonel Roose- velt would undoubtedly say, should first be considered by all “right-thinking people”. Still, it ought to be. tried out. At present the government is under the control of everybody else but the government. It is under the con- trol of newspapers, of labor leaders, of pension parasites, of magnates, mine owners and militants ef al. Think of having a government controlled by government! Ano Wren Sue ts Maasieo She Wie Nor Derart Thom Jr. ADVICE TO MILITANT MOTHERS Devotion and Intelligence “OvR prayers ought to be intelligent as well as devout,” declared Dr. Parkhurst in his sermon on Peace Prayer Day. But ought they? Isn't this a contradiction in terms? If we were intelligent enough to know how to get peace, we wouldn't have to pray for it, Devotion and a feeling of helplessness are apt to begin’ at the same moment. We fall back on the unseen when the seen goes back on us. Hence the spasms of piety which seize victims of ship- THE ROGUE'S GALLERY wreck and other catastrophes. comicbooks.com