Life, 1918-12-12 · page 31 of 34
Life — December 12, 1918 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical commentary on early 20th-century American issues: **"Burial Service for a Newspaper Joke"** mocks the exhaustion of old, repeatedly recycled humor—suggesting that even well-worn jokes eventually die from overuse in newspapers. **The "Young Lochinvar" joke** criticizes Postmaster General Albert Burleson's "Zone Law" and mail delays, which allegedly disrupted regular magazine delivery. This references real frustration with postal service inefficiency during that era. **The bottom cartoon** depicts a woman refusing to forgive an enemy, contradicting Christian teaching. The caption's incomplete text suggests ironic commentary on hypocrisy regarding forgiveness. **Additional content** includes a query about women's wages (noting employers paid women less, citing temperament and reliability as justifications—reflecting period sexism) and advertisements for bonds and The Christian Science Monitor. The page exemplifies Life's role: satirizing contemporary politics, social attitudes, and institutional failures through humor and visual commentary.
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chose ho has Purpose) 'e broek die! After NORTH CAROLINA iule of interesting Sports and Pas- a full swing at this most popular IE CAROLINA HOTEL NOW OPEN Weeily Events and Tournaments with pro- teurs participating, ens in wonderful condition. G~$7,000 in money and trophy awards, .er predicted for December | Fee fullinformation. schedule of events, etc. addeess General Office, PINEHURST, N. C., or EONARD TUFTS Congress Street “LIFE: Burial Service for a Newspaper Joke FTER the remains have cently interred, the foll marks shall be uttered by the presiding humorist: This joke has been our refuge from one generation to another Before the mountains were brought forth this joke was lusty and of good repute: In the life of this joke a thousand years are but as yesterday. Blessed, therefore, is this joke, which now resteth from its labors. But most of our jokes are of little continuance: though there be some so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their humor then but labor and sorrow: For a joke that is born of a humor- ist hath but a short time to live and is full of misery. It cometh up and is cut down like a flower. It fleeth as if it were a shadow and abideth but one edition. Query Ms [ARY VAN KLEECK, di- rector of the Women in Industry ice of the Department of Labor, | about the future wages She thinks that they should much as men in similar posi- © who pay wages have a opinion that women in equal jobs with men are not worth quite so much. They are more temperamental. ve less initiative. Their con- sare more unreliable. If they become as eff are, then it is probable that they will as men, Until nt as men receive the same Wag that time they must wait in patience. y Bond holders realize the en- t possibilities of these securities Two years after the nish War Bonds sold f112}4. Civil War Bonds advanced 30/4 ints. Read about it in “Our Foreign Bond Holdings” ts and hooks on other investment sub- cS free on request WESTOR’S SERVICE BUREAU >CRIBNER’S MAGAZINE Fifth Avenue New York It is sown in quotation, it is raised in misquotation : We therefore commit this joke to the files of the+ country newspapers, where it shall circulate forever, world without end. “ OUNG Lochinvar came out of the West.” And why did young Lochinvar come out of the West? Be- cause Postmaster Burleson’s absurd Zone Law and the delays in the mails made irregular the delivery of Live, to which he was a regular subscriber, “ DEFORE 1 FORGIVE By Their Fruits “By their fruits ye shall know them.” One of the fruits of Christian Science is The Christian Science Monitor An International Daily Newspaper Here you see the power and value of Truth and Principle applied to the affairs of the whole world. You see a newspaper without sen- sationalism, gossip, unsavory details, exaggesation or falseness. And yet— or rather because of it—a highly inter- esting and edifying newspaper. The Moniter is all the more interesting be- cause its readers know that what they read is true, and therefore has a real bearing upon their thought and lives. The Christian Science Monitor is $9.00 a year by mail, cr may be obtained at news stands, hotels and Christian Science reading-rooms. A monthly trial subscription by mail anywhere in the world for 75¢; a single copy for 3e stamp. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY BOSTON U.S.A. Sole publishers of all authorized Christian Science literature “on! rie! DON'T You KNOW YOU SHOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMIES?” LADY, I'M GOIN’ TO FIX HIM SO HE WON'T NEVER HAVE, TO BE FORGIVEN A SECOND TIME.” comicbooks.com