Life, 1915-12-30 · page 38 of 41
Life — December 30, 1915 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **magazine cover/contents page** rather than a political cartoon. The page advertises the January issue of *Everybody's Magazine* (15 cents) and lists notable contributors. The main satirical content is a short piece titled **"Other People's Children,"** which uses humor to expose parental hypocrisy: we view our neighbors' children as misbehaving liars while convinced our own are angels—even when caught misbehaving. The joke relies on the universal parental bias that readers would recognize. The page also promotes an article by **Gerald Stanley Lee comparing Henry Ford and Andrew Carnegie** on peace initiatives—likely critiquing Carnegie's philanthropic "peace" efforts against Ford's alternative vision, though specifics aren't detailed here. The left side carries vintage **advertisements** (Detroit Springs lubricant, Old Overholt Rye whiskey) and a joke about ancestry and immigration laws, typical of the era's casual social commentary. This is a **contents/promotional page**, not primarily political satire.
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SIPIRIINGS | SELF LUBRICATING 0 i N Are Guaranteed for Two Years Le) Double the Ordinary Guaranty y ‘ DETROIT STEEL PRODUCTS CO Detroit Michiga n A Bref History of the United States Columbus Washington. Lincoln Roosevelt. Ford. “T asscre you, madam, my ancestors came over with the first settlers. “Very likely. We had no imm tion laws then."—Baltimore Americ FOR A COLD— HOT TODDY RANDMOTHER knows well the value ofa hot toddy for a cold—an unfailing remedy ever since her girlhood days, Especially, when it's made with strong pure Old Overholt Rye “Same for 100 years” —a full-bodied, straight Pennsylvania whiskey that possesses an absolutely un= varying excellence. Its medicinal properties = make it theideal stimu- lant for the sick. Other People’s Children ‘OW seldom js it that the children of other people appeal to those of us who have children of our own? Our efforts at being enthusiastic about them are mostly=perfunctory It is also curious that we are often fond of some friend because of the very qualitie which we dislike in the child. What more despised creatures are there than the children o/ our next-door neighbor? They break in upon our solitude, they trample upon our sacred possessions, their manners are those of savages. We never appear to make the sudden dis sovery that our own children are as bad, if not worse. All the children of our neighbors ar liars. Our own are always coming to us and telling the truth. Except, of course, when the are caught red-handed. Even then we don't really believe it. We are likely to think that our neighbor's children have conspired against our own good angels. PEACE—Henry Ford vs. Andrew Carnegie A WITTY philosophical article by Gerald Stanley Lee, author of ‘‘Crowds’’ and “Inspired Millionaires,’? deals with Mr. Carnegie and his ‘‘peace flock’? gently but firmly—and the whole is well worth reading crammed as it is with big ideas and big issues presented in Mr. Lee’s pointed original style. OTHER CONTRIBUTORS TO THE JANUARY NUMBER WHOSE ARTICLES WILL INTEREST YOU John Galsworthy Henry Kitchell Webster Frank H. Spearman Nina Wilcox Putnam Mary Brecht Pulver Ray Brown Gerald Stanley Lee J. B. Kerfoot William Hard GERALD STA) January Number All News-stands, Dec. 23d, or Gverybodyse@agazine NEW YORK 15 Cents the Copy $1.50 the Year comicbooks.com