Life, 1919-07-17 · page 24 of 40
Life — July 17, 1919 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces targeting early 20th-century American concerns: **Top cartoon**: Depicts railroad executives plotting to regain control of nationalized railways while keeping financial corruption "in the same old hands"—satirizing railroad industry malfeasance and efforts to resist government regulation. **"Come In, Brothers, the Water's Fine"**: Mocks priests in Loreto, Italy striking for better pay, sarcastically questioning whether labor organizing will spread to American churches with "six-hour Sabbaths" and "minimum wage." The title suggests priests are joining a growing labor movement. **Mexico dialogue joke**: Satirizes both Mexican violence and American urban crime by equating them—a visitor says Mexico's danger "reminded me of New York." **Right-side illustrations**: A dialogue between Howard and Coward about wives, and a hammock vacation scene captioned about hoping it's cool, offering lighter humor contrasting the heavier political content. The page reflects Progressive Era anxieties about labor unrest, government control, and social disorder.
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PREPARING A PLAN TO RETURN THE RAILROADS SO THAT THE FINANCIAL WRECKING WILL REMAIN IN THE SAME OLD HANDS Come In, Brothers, the Water's Fine OWARD: My wife is awfully annoying—always makes CCORDING to an Associated Press report, the priests __& virtue. of n y. ; ; at Loreto havesteack for inore pay, Loreto, :near Cowan: Mine beats her, She makes a virtue of luxury Rome, Italy, is a celebrated resort of pilgrims. The priests have stopped celebrating mass until they get what they want. Will the movement spread? Certainly this is a large and hitherto unexpected find. Will this incipient movement spread among the churches generally? Will there be a union of ministers with a six- hour Sabbath, a minimum wage and collective bargaining ? \ religious walking delegate will present a new character to the werld. No church circle may hereafter be com- plete without him. * OW did you find things in Mexico “Pretty bad. Couldn't go out of doors anywhere without a chance of being held up and shot. Reminded me of New York.” HE evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft j so , ; Comfortably Cool Vacationist: cosu! 1 Hope IT's Goop AN interred in their poems. HOT IN THE city! comicbooks. com