Life, 1916-06-22 · page 13 of 48
Life — June 22, 1916 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains a satirical cartoon and several short humor pieces. The main cartoon depicts a social gathering where a man presents a new servant to guests, with the caption: "IS THAT YOUR NEW BUTLER?" "GOOD HEAVENS! NO! THAT'S MY PRESENT HUSBAND." The joke satirizes shifting gender roles and domestic labor expectations—specifically, the blurred lines between husband and hired help in the household. The visual gag relies on the servant appearing indistinguishable from the husband, suggesting the husband has been reduced to servant-like status in domestic life, likely reflecting early-20th-century anxieties about women's changing social position and authority within marriage. The accompanying text pieces offer brief satirical observations on Jewish intellectual traditions, domestic arrest anecdotes, and marital relationships—typical *Life* magazine fare from this era.
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“Is THAT YOUR NEW BUTLER?” “coop HEAVENS! No! THAT'S MY PRESENT HUSBAND.” and tradition have a special value. If we have got to change our ideas and Practice in many particulars, as most people think, we must listen to persons who are not riveted too tight to the practices that prevail, and who have clear ideas about what changes would help us, In such a case the best qual- ity of Jewish mind is very valuable. From that mind have proceeded in the last three thousand years the most ef- fective criticisms of the established order. We use the Jewish mind in finance in the person of Mr. War- burg; we use it in education as found in Mr. Flexner; we use it in science abundantly, and there seems no convincing reason why we should not use a little of it in the Supreme Court. One would hate to have that court all Brandeis, but one Brandeis in it seems likely to be very valuable. E. S.M. Domestic ‘T WAS arrested the other night by a woman policeman.” “How did it seem?” “Rather homelike.” The Unruly Member HEN the recording angel Starts to weigh The sins that now are hid, I hope and pray He'll count the things I thought, But didn’t say, To offset those I did. HE. B. HE trouble with the man who is going to the devil is that he al- ways wants to take somebody along with him. comicbooks.com