Life, 1921-02-10 · page 13 of 42
Life — February 10, 1921 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"Lincoln"** and **"The Logician Speaks"** — two short opinion pieces criticizing religious hypocrisy, particularly regarding Sabbath observance and Sunday leisure activities. 2. A **large satirical cartoon** showing a chaotic scene of people (appears to be soldiers or workers) engaged in violent conflict with spherical objects flying around. The caption reads: **"Gee! Billy, ain't women the limit nowadays?"** The cartoon appears to be commentary on women's increasing participation in war work or industrial labor during what was likely WWI or the 1920s. The "limit" phrase suggests women are pushing boundaries of acceptable behavior, while the anarchic scene mocks masculine anxiety about changing gender roles and women's expanded social participation.
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MN Ae aan r hs _ Qa Lincoln ers, gaunt a ely he came \nd was there not one ing thorn for his brow? From that dark wr of angut Within that grail we know Was held one drop that he alone must drain And from the crowd the stinging jibe again, With lurking thrust that sped him to his Friend of the friendless, meek, compassionate— Ours be the tragic loss, the haunting thought, “He dwelt amongst us—and we knew him not!” Laura Simmons. LWAYS leave where you are in such a way that, when you return, there is nothing else to do but come back. © tole day of ple the surroundings we require f denounce, as morally destructive moving pictures and all other which tend to make of the Sab listless, dreary gloom The place for these pleasure-lovers is in Church; we de mand their appearance and if we cannot bring them to it otherwise we can legislate. We'll show them that we can worship God as we please. And lastly, friends marvelous intellect. Shame on John Burroughs for his “Geel BILLY, AIN'T WOMEN THE LIMIT NOWADAYS? ” comicbooks.com