Life, 1917-08-30 · page 9 of 40
Life — August 30, 1917 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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The top illustration titled "How Our Movie Actors Portray Lincoln" shows five caricatured men in formal wear, likely mocking how different actors portrayed Abraham Lincoln in films. The exaggerated facial features suggest satire of theatrical interpretations. The text articles below address unrelated topics: "A Matter of a Bishop" discusses Episcopal church politics and salary disputes between New York and Western dioceses seeking candidates for leadership positions. "Hang on to Your Mind" offers philosophical advice about mental discipline. "The Only Ones" presents a brief humorous dialogue between a friend and hotel proprietor about guest misbehavior. The page appears to be typical Life magazine satirical content mixing entertainment criticism with social commentary and light humor.
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HOW OUR MOVIE ACTORS PORTRAY LINCOLN A Matter of a Bishop STERN New York Episcopalians need a new bishop. They invited the rector of Trinity Church in New York, and he, after due deliberation, excused himself. Then they invited the rector of Trinity Church in Boston, and how he will feel about it has not, at this writing, . transpired These two Trinity Churches are very distinguished fields of clerical labor, and it is not immediately evident why a gentleman who finds himself acceptably employed in cither one of them should move to Buffalo. Buffalo, to be sure, is an admirable city; so is Rochester in the same diocese; but New York is a lively town, and Boston is 2 very nice place, once you are adjusted to it. Of course there is an obligation to be a bishop, if a bishop is needed, and of course a sense of duty may draw a good man out of a place he likes into another field, and furthermore, a gentleman who has preached to Boston a good while may like to emerge and go a few rounds on the sawdust before his time is up. But what do you suppose the Episcopalians of western New York pay their bishop? It is a brutal question, but not irrelevant. If they are inviting gentlemen with fami- lies, whose habits of life are adjusted to twelve or fifteen thousand dollars a year, to pull up and come to Buffalo and live on five or six thousand, they would seem to be leaning somewhat overheavily on the Lord. Do they pay their bishop enough? There is a great deal to be said for paying bishops generous salaries, and there are doubtless a good many rich dioceses that might just as well do so, and don’t. Hang on to Your Mind N these days hang on to your mind. the organ of the understanding, but the environment of The mind is not only the will and the moral courage. It is the stage upon which those supreme forces have their fit and proper action. Do not relinquish your mind in favor of your stomach. The stomach, as a chief arbiter of one’s destiny, y dends by forced feedings. It shduld always be kept in elds no divi- second place. The Only Ones FeUENe: Do you ever have any trouble with your pa- trons? Horet Proreietor: Very seldom, Occasionally, however, one of the guests forgets he is stopping at a hotel and be- haves as if he were visiting in a private house.