Life, 1917-01-18 · page 14 of 40
Life — January 18, 1917 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two separate pieces: **Top cartoon** shows a domestic scene with a man reading a newspaper while a woman stands nearby. The caption reads: "Well, I'm off to church. By the way, is business good enough to warrant my praying for a new suit?" The satire mocks the hypocrisy of prayer and materialism—the woman frames her request for new clothing as a spiritual matter, suggesting she'll pray for it only if business finances permit. It satirizes both gender dynamics (the woman's dependence on her husband's income) and the mixing of religious devotion with consumerism. **Lower dialogue** between mother and son jokes about the absence of hot water for a cold bath, likely referencing wartime or economic hardship (the 1917 date suggests WWI-era rationing). The boy's crude response about his father "kicking" humorously avoids the real issue.
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“WELL, I'M OFF TO CHURCH, BY THE WAY, IS BUSINESS GooD ENOUGH To WARRANT MY PRAYING FOR A NEW SUIT?” OTHER: Your father didn’t take his cold bath this morning, did he? Jounxy: Nope. I heard him kicking because there wasn’t any hot water. “AJOW, Willie, where father last night? must tell me the truth.” Witte: I guess not, mother. can’t punish me as hard as he can. was your Come, you You Man Is Certainly Outclassed in Vanety RS, CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT has recently come out with the statement that for a long, long time women have been misjudged. It ap- pears that there has been a general im- pression that women are all the same, that they are, according to Mrs. Catt’s quotation, “a single class, each indi- vidual possessing the same motives, the same intelligence and the same characteristics as every other.” Mrs. Catt says this is not so. “It has re- quired,” she declares, “three genera- tions of agitation and of demonstra- tion in college and school, factory, workshop, home and club to prove to the world that there are as many kinds of women as there are kinds of men.” To be strictly truthful, we should say that Mrs. Catt was entirely too modest. There are not only as many kinds of women as there are kinds of men, but a good many more. Every woman in herself is a good many more kinds than any man. There are only a few kinds of men. Men, in fact, are divided roughly into two classes: those who can support wives and those who cannot. But there is hardly any limit to what women are. Everything that any man is, a woman can be—and a good deal more so. National Menu 1017 USIC: Hot Air by Bryan and Ford. Appetizer: gress. Relishes or Pickles: Prohibition, Suf- frage. + Soup: Republican Party. Fish: Villa. Roasts: *T. R., Daniels, U-53. Vegetables: Potatoes (Stuffed with High Prices). Salad: Combination (Notes and Re- plies). Sweets: Gold Reserve, Peace. Fruit: War-Order Plums. Nuts: Adamson Bill, Preparedness. (Dishes marked with a star always ready to serve.) Huntley Child. Two-Billion-Dollar Con- comicbooks.com