Life, 1917-04-19 · page 37 of 42
Life — April 19, 1917 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct elements: **Top Left Cartoon**: A mild joke about a woman's embarrassment when a nephew asks if she's ever "seen an engine stripped"—a double entendre playing on Victorian prudishness. **Middle Section**: Two advertisements (Collins System Curtains and Hartford Shock Absorbers) with accompanying editorial content about labor rights. The "Sauce for the Gander" piece references Samuel Gompers's indignation over a Supreme Court ruling potentially restricting railroad workers' strike rights. The author argues if Congress restricts railroads' bargaining power, it must equally restrict workers'—a symmetrical fairness argument. **Bottom Section**: "The Public Debt" offers social commentary critiquing government borrowing practices. It argues public debt proves taxes are insufficiently high and represents a burden transferred to future generations—a fiscal conservative perspective typical of early 20th-century Life magazine's editorial stance. The page exemplifies Life's mix of humor, advertising, and political opinion aimed at educated readers.
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WHY IS AUNTIE BLUSHING? Enthusiastic Nephew MAVE YOU EVER SEEN AN ENG STRIPPED? tions injected, so that we not only see into the minds of the judge, the attor- neys, the witnesses and the jury, but even get glimpses of the reasoning of the law itself and hope of its being gradually made more reasonable. J. B. Kerfoot. Sauce for the Gander NCLE SAM GOMPERS is_ indig- nant, or affects to be, at the intima- tion of the Supreme Court that a law forbidding railroad employees to strike might be constitutional. Bless the man! Perhaps he must strike some attitudes for the good of the cause, but he must know, down in his heart, that what is sauce for the goose 1 serve for the gander too, and that if Congress restricts the rights of rail- roads to bargain with their men, it must also restrict the rights of the men to ruin the railroads. There’s No Excuse— for the annoyance of old-fashioned, exas- Perating, hard-to-put-up curtains on your ‘ar this year, Any manufacturer will furnish you on request with COLLINS- SYSTEM NS CURTAINS “/ cS In fact, they are standard equipment on nany of the best cars. Each piece is just + where you want, when you want it—and out of the way at other times. You'll spoiled clothes and ruined tem- pers hy insisting on Collins-System Curtains when you buy your car. But look for the license-tag below—it is your protection substitutes, 1,000,000 of these been issued. “Collins *=7 Curtains “Leease No. K18956. JACKSON TOP CO. JACKSON. HOCH DIVISION-NOVELTY LEATHER WORKS Harttord SHOCKSABSORBER because I do| poutevard all my riding in the back seat, where, un- tilwe equipped, rough roads e their presence felt in a marked man- ner. Now there is no vibration, jolt or jar. The disagreeable bounce which even deep upholstering failed to counteract is gone. I can forget the road ahead and enjoy real comfort and peace of mind.” Be good to yourself, to your family, to those who ride with you—Hartford-equip and make your better riding car. Over 400,000 car owners have just this. Less jolt and jar mean lower upkeep, fewer tire renewals, a long-lived car—and best of all—comfort over every road. “Between You and Jolt, Jar and Vibration” js a booklet of intense interest to every car owner. Sent on request. EDWARD V. HARTFORD, jee 192 Morgan St., Jersey City, Branches: ) W YORK, BOSTON, “ cite AGO. Distributors in Principat Cities Dealers Everywhere, The Public Debt OOK upon the public debt and understand that a government is an organization L which never lends, but which cannot get along without constant borrowing Bankers grow rich by receiving interest, and governments y poor by paying interest. “Pay as you go” is not applicable to the people as a whole, but only to the people as a part A public debt is always proof that taxes are not high cnough, for if taxes were high enough, it would be unnecessary to borrow. A public debt is also proof of taxes that must be raised sometime to pay it off. This, however, is a matter which can sofely be left to the worries of posterity ~ Comicbooks.com