Life, 1915-07-08 · page 30 of 44
Life — July 8, 1915 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"He Had To Go"** mocks false advertising at resorts. A mother confronts a soda stand owner about firing her son, only to learn he was caught committing fraud—squeezing real oranges into tanks labeled "Orange Juice," implying the resort typically uses fake juice. The joke satirizes consumer deception at vacation establishments. **"The Point of View"** is a two-panel joke critiquing changing social attitudes. A man expresses shock that a woman would divorce her husband for physical abuse ("getting touchy"), mocking the outdated dismissal of domestic violence. **"War and the Ten Commandments"** appears to reference William Jennings Bryan's pacifist arguments against war. The text sarcastically counters that the Bible itself condones warfare, citing Moses and Joshua's military campaigns. This likely addresses WWI-era debates about American intervention. **"By Experience"** is a college humor bit about a graduate who learned to write collection letters from creditors—suggesting college teaches practical (if dubious) financial skills. The page reflects early 1900s attitudes on consumer fraud, domestic relations, religious authority, and education.
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74 He Had To Go “ARE you the owner of this place?” A stout, unfashionable woman, with a florid face, stood before the aproned proprietor of the principal soda and fruit stand at the celebrated summer resort. “T am.” She gazed at him silently for a moment, and then said: “You discharged my boy, who worked for you. He was a good boy, an honest boy, and I want to know why you did it.” The proprietor leaned forward con- fidentially. “Thad to, madam,” he said, impres- sively, “What do you suppose I caught that boy doing? I caught him squeezing real oranges into that tank labeled ‘Orange Juice’.” The Point of View “IT JUST read of a woman who ap- plied for a divorce because her husband struck her with a baseball bat.” “Gee, but women are getting touchy!” “COME ON OVER AND ENJOY THE BREEZES War and the Ten Commandments R. BRYAN discloses that war violates three of the commandments. He objects to it on that account and gives notice to intending war-makers that “ Jehovah's justice cannot be evaded.” But how does Mr. Bryan know anything about the ten commandments and “ Jehovah's justice"? Read about ’em in the Bible, of course. And does he notice that Moses, who produced the ten commandments, was himself aman of no special aversion to war, and that Joshua, his successor, by express direction of “Jehovah,” promptly walked into the Canaanites in precisely the fashion that the Germans strove to emulate in Belgium (Deuteronomy 2: 26-37) ? There is precisely the same authority for war that there is for the ten commandments. They come walking down to us hand in hand out of Jewish history. By Experience “H AVE you learned anything in the way of business during your four years’ loaf at college?” demanded the pater. “Sure,” said Reginald. “I can write the dandiest line of dunning letters you ever saw.” “Humph!” ejaculated the pater. “ Who taught you ONDON BRIDGE is falling down, falling that?” down, falling down ; “y itors,” sai i Liéadeu Bildgeis falling down, oy iwewwale ieay: My creditors,” said Reginald. comicbooks.com