Life, 1919-01-16 · page 10 of 34
Life — January 16, 1919 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon: "Why Not Social Training Camps? The Subway Ideal"** This satirizes crowded New York subway conditions. The cartoon depicts people literally stacked on top of each other in a chaotic pile, mocking the idea that subways could serve as "social training." The joke: subway conditions are so inhumanly packed that they're the opposite of civilized social interaction. **"Money" Poem & Dialogue** A cynical verse about money's paradoxical nature (save it = miser, spend it = fool, lose it = out, etc.). Below, two authors discuss post-WWI literary trends, with one humorously claiming to have already started a "sex novel"—reflecting the era's cultural shift toward more candid writing. **"Entertaining the Public" Section & "The Suppliant" Cartoon** Advice on public speaking and humor. The cartoon shows a woman pleading with a man for peace while he appears aggressive—likely satirizing post-war tensions or domestic politics.
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Money ]F vou save all you earn, you're a miser. If you spend all you earn, you're a fool If you lose it, you're out If you find it, you're in If you owe it, they're alwas’ after you If you lend it, you're always after them It’s the canse of evil, It's the cause of good. It's the cause of happiness. I's the cause of sorrow. lf the government makes it, it’s all right. If you make it, it’s all wrong As a rule it's hard to get. But it's: pretty soft when you get it It talks! To some it says, “I've come to stay.” To others it whispers, “ Good-bye.” Some people get it at a bank. Others go to jail for it. The Mint makes it first. It’s up to you to make it last. Ben S. Kearns. IRST AUTHOR: Now that. the war is over, how long do you think it will take for the literary market to settle down to normal? Srconp Autuor: Almost immediate- ly. Why, I have already started in on at sex novel. Now everybody can see what goes on in the Treasury; it is under WHY NOT SOCIAL TRAINING CAMPS? Glass. THE SUBWAY DRILL Entertaining the Public! HE public must be ente: Z tained in some way, and Stalking is the easiest. When you tell anything to your friends and acquaintances it helps in the matter of public entertainment, for everything that you said will be re- peated anywhere from one to nine hundred and ninety-nine times. ace cording to its worth for general en- tertainment, in the minds of those who hear it Ti there is anything in what you said that can turn the laugh on you, this wi be done with much enthusiasm. You enjoy laughing at others when tales are related to you, and common sense must tell you that others must he entertained THE SUPPLIANT when you are not present! “Ler ME STAY AWHILE