Life, 1919-07-17 · page 13 of 40
Life — July 17, 1919 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon ("The Week-Ender"):** A well-dressed couple at a railway station watches a train approach. The caption questions whether missing a $100,000 business deal matters if you've found "a better one in the country"—suggesting romantic or leisurely escape from urban commerce. **Bottom Cartoon:** A mother confronts a boy named William about fighting. He responds they're playing a new game called "League of Nations," implying children mock the real League of Nations as merely a game or failure at preventing conflict. **Text Column:** E.S. Martin's essay criticizes Methodists for moral superiority while praising French culture's superior graciousness, art, and wisdom. He urges Methodists to embrace French values rather than impose their own standards on others.
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THE WEEK-ENDER WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE IF YOU HAVE MISSED A HUNDRED-THOUSAND-DOLLAR DEAL IN THE CITY WHEN YOU'VE JUST FOUND OUT YOU'VE GOT A BETTER ONE IN THE COUNTRY? Methodists, not nearly so bent on improving morals of other folks, not nearly so intolerant of drinks, not so sound in religion. But they are full of art. It enters into every- thing they do, or make, or think. They are creators of beauty They respect tradition and honor their parents, Their man- ners are polite. They are the best cooks in the world, and the greatest economists, and they know how to make life pleasant. The French love France, because it is a good country to live in. It is that because they have made it so Go to the French, ye Methodists, consider their ways, and get what you can out of them. Very likely you are better than they are; kinder people at the bottom, less greedy, less selfish, more spiritually-minded ; but they will beat you in manners, they will beat you in art, they will heat you, probably, in making life pleasant, and, above all, they are wiser than you in that they do not insist upon < reing their kultur on other people. Oh, Methodists, do not do that! Be strong for righteous- ness, but strong also for liberty! Do not fall into that frightful German blunder of forcing your estimate of life on the rest of mankind. Take it to market anywhere you like. Be missionaries all you will and all you can; but do not be missionaries with a club. And do not forget how formidable a club is legislation. E. S. Martin. Mother William WiiaM! VM ASTONISHED! Fic UTINC AGAIN ? NOM, NOT EXACKLY, WE BIN PLAYIN’ OUR NEW GAME, “LEAGUE 0” NATIONS.” comicbooks.com