Life, 1915-04-29 · page 7 of 44
Life — April 29, 1915 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical pieces under the heading "Little Problems": 1. **Top left**: A critique of New York theater economics—mocking the poor financial state of theaters while questioning how many more theaters the city needs before achieving "dramatic success." 2. **Center right**: Commentary on antitrust legislation, suggesting the Sherman Anti-Trust Act will take decades to address corporate trusts, sarcastically questioning whether Congress has any sense of humor about the slow pace of reform. 3. **Bottom right**: A piece titled "Heroes" with an illustration depicting a social scene. The caption reads "He was told by his wife to meet her in the ladies' waiting room"—apparently satirizing marital dynamics or domestic obedience, likely mocking a man's submissive position toward his wife's demands. All reflect early 20th-century American social and political concerns.
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F out of fifty theatrical productions in New York City three and a half are worth the time and the money, and if the more theatres New York has the poorer the shows become, how many theatres will be necessary be- fore New York can consider herself a complete dramatic success? Little Problems I’ it takes two decades and a half for the Sherman Anti-trust Act to bring the trusts to the full and com- plete flower of success and prosperity, how many pages of the Congressional Record would it require to instill Con- gress with a sense of humor? How many for half a sense of humor? F it is proper to leave the regulation of doctors to the medical profes- sion and the regulation of lawyers to. the legal profession and the regulation of finance to the fiscal profession, state why we should not leave the regula- tion of burglary to the burglary pro- fession. HE WAS TOLD BY HIS WIFE TO MEET HER IN THE LADIES’ WAITING ROOM comichooks.