Life, 1916-01-06 · page 11 of 48
Life — January 6, 1916 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**The Cartoon:** "Still Some Work for the Street-Cleaning Department" depicts a well-dressed man (center, with cane) observing a group of shabby figures—likely homeless, poor, or unemployed people—with apparent disdain. The title's satirical point suggests these marginalized people are "trash" needing removal by city sanitation. **The Text Sections** address contemporary early-20th-century issues: - Women's suffrage (Mrs. Gilmore, Massachusetts) - Immigration concerns (George von Skal warning of post-war German-American tensions) **The Satire:** The cartoon mocks wealthy indifference to urban poverty, while text sections satirize both progressive causes (women's voting rights) and xenophobic fears about German immigrants—capturing period class tensions and nativist anxieties.
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STILL SOME WORK FOR THE STREET-CLEANING DEPARTMENT. Reported Birth-bed Utterances ESOP: After all, I don't believe George Ade will have anything on me. Gatiteo: I shudder when I think to what base uses my telescope will come; think of me being the progenitor of the periscope! Vircit: I shall be the only man in the world who, ages after he is dead, will continue to be misunderstood—and misconstrued. Utysses: It's a great pity these sirens can’t be “movie” actresses, Then I wouldn't be able to hear a word they are going to say. Touch and Go T has been announced to Massachu- setts that Mrs. Inez Haynes Gil- more has decided to leave that State and move to California, where she can vote. Too bad! It will be not only a great mortification and loss to Massachusetts, but a mistake on Mrs. Gilmore's part. The reaction on suffrage will hit Cali- fornia before it hits Massachusetts, and send her back home in sorrow and at vain expense. Nevertheless, if Mrs. Gilmore wants to catch woman suffrage somewhere while it lasts, there is something to be said for that. Weird Prospect for Germany GEORGE VON SKAL and other persons, presumably authorized, warn us that after the war there will be a long procession of German-Amer- icans to the Fatherland, there to re- main. George says the Hyphens are dis- gusted with this country and mean to quit it the first chance. Happy day when we become once more American and Germany has an American-German problem on her hands! All the same, they won't go.