Life, 1915-04-15 · page 35 of 44
Life — April 15, 1915 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This magazine page contains two distinct elements: **"The Decalog" essay** (top right) presents a philosophical paradox: the Ten Commandments remain unbroken in their definition despite being violated constantly. The writer observes that we cannot rationally amend them without destroying either their permanence or their moral authority—a clever observation on the futility of revising absolutes. **"Hopeless" comic sketch** (bottom left) depicts class tensions of the era through a domestic servant's complaint. The servant demands to leave because her employer—despite entrusting her access to household tasks—locks away valuables, the family's private spaces, and entertainment. The satirical point: respectable servants expect basic dignity and access reflecting their employer's trust, not surveillance that implies dishonesty. This reflects early-20th-century labor anxieties about servant employment. The remaining content consists of period advertisements for a Smith & Wesson revolver and Sanatogen (a nerve tonic), unrelated to the satire above.
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Etre The Decalog N spite of the fact that the ten commandments are broken many times and in many I places every day, they still remain intact. That is one of the chief paradoxes of human topsy-turvydom, There is no provision for amending the ten commandments, If there were, perhaps some day we should have an entirely new set which it would be a pleasure not to break, if such a thing were possible. It would not be possible if A commandment is something which Smith & from book rom Line's addressed p of wnse Wesson Automatic Doubly safe - - eee Safety first for Everybody Safe for expert and in- expert; safe where there are children. You can’t dis- chargeit until you vtendto. Easy to load, easy to clean; built like other Smith & Wesson pistols— for accuracy and strength. = Get your dealer to show you the special features of the Smith & Wesson > Automatic. —_— Booklet on request. SMITH & WESSON 806 Stockbridge St., Springfield, Mass. Every Smith & Wesson is the Best of it's kind Hopeless XCUSE me, ma'am, but my time is up and I think I'll g “But, Mamie, you are a fine upstairs girl, and I thought you were going to stay. Be reasonable. What is the matter?” “Well, ma'am, when you went shopping yesterday, didn't you lock up your desk so that not a single letter could be read?” “1 did” “And when the family is at din- ner, there isn’t a decent, comfortable place behind a door for me to sit and listen to the conversation. And when you are out nights, do you lock up the piano and phonograph?" “We do.” “Then, ma’am, I'm going, and let me tell you that as long as you do these things you'll get no decent, self- respecting girl to work for you. Newnyweo: My angel, I wish you wouldn't paint Mas. Neweyweo: Now, Jack, have bu ever seen an angel that wasn’t painted ?—Tit-Dits. this definition is as true as it appears to be: it is a pleasure to disregard. It looks like an inextricable predicament Perhaps no matter how much we may try to devise rational amendments to the commandments, we shall always have to choose between the two horns of a dilemma: shall the commandment be fragilely enduring or enduringly fragile? “Why am I slowing down?” —and then you sit and wonder why—when the wonder is that you have kept the pace so long. For the rush of business with its countless worries falls so heavily on a man’s nervous system, Perhaps you have slowed down a little from exhaustion of the system’s forces. But once the nerves have been restored to vigor and the whole system revived, recharged with a new store of energy, the old-time endurance, the old-time capacity to accomplish, will return, And it is in giving this welcome help to the over- worked nerves that Sanatogen has won so many friends. Both a food and a tonic,Sanatogen feeds and rebuilds the impoverished cells and tones up the system, infusing new strength into blood and tissues. “1 am convinced f ing oue's capacity Arnold Bennett, the famous novetist, writes: "The tonic eflect of Sanatogen on me Is simply wonderful And scores of other famous people, leaders in the world’s activities, have written even stronger letters than these. So when you think of this, and the letters of commendation from more than 21,000 doctors, en- dorsing Sanatogen—surely you cannot deny yourself such welcome and undoubted help! Grand Prize, Iiternational Congress of Medicine, London, 1913 SANATOGEN ENDORSED BY OVER 21 Sena \ for Elbert Hubbard's new book—" Health in the Making.” advice on Sanat BAUER CHEMICAL CO., 24-E, Irving ¢, New York, with his shrewd philosophy tozether with capit Tear this off as a reminder to address TH OOO PHYSICIANS Written in his attractive manner and filled en, health and contentment. It is FREE comicbooks.com