Life, 1921-11-10 · page 3 of 34
Life — November 10, 1921 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This satirical piece critiques **discord and lack of cooperation** among different social groups. The text uses the metaphor of a chain—each link representing different elements (Capital, Labor, England, Ireland, Matt, Jeff)—to argue that society functions only when interconnected. The crude illustration depicts anthropomorphized figures (appearing to represent different classes or nations) in chaotic, undignified interaction around a jar, captioned "As It Was in the Beginning / When the raisin and the yeast first got together." This suggests **primordial conflict and fermentation**—possibly mocking evolutionary or revolutionary origins of social discord. The piece advocates for "reciprocity," "equality," and "fraternity" as solutions. The tone suggests early 20th-century progressive or socialist sentiment, promoting social unity over class/national division.
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Life x2 Get Together By Dr. Blank Brane HE Editors of Lire asked me to do something for them. In return,” they said, “we shall send you a check.” I did and they did. . This is the highest form of reciprocity—of get together. lf Capital said that to Labor, or England to Ireland, or Mutt to Jeff, what would happen? The world would be better off. Nothing is quite so discordant as discord. friends, estranges families, disrupts plunges nations into wa.. Once I was speaking to the Abbé Liszt about a certain performer upon the oboe. “He is a great man,” I said. “He may be,” replied the Abbé, “but he may not play in my orchestra.” “Pourquoi, Maitre?” J asked. “He is teo full of discord,” asserted the ecclesiastic. And there you are. It divides organizations and Let us, like the Editors of Lire, say to everyone we meet up with, “I want you to do something for me. In return, I shall do something for you.” Demand and supply. Give and take. Cause and effect. Equality and fraternity. Love and kisses. That is the spirit of reciprocity. Each and every one of us is a link. Joined with another link we make the begin- ning of a chain. The more links, the longer chain. The chain should be endless. As it was meant to be, the Universe is an endless chain, link on link, each part for the Whole and the Whole for each part, strong, secure, ageless, timeless, spaceless, sense- less’... Links! Do your share! I mean you... and you. . under the sofa. Get together. . and you, trying to hide As It Was in the Beginning When the raisin and the yeast first got together comicbooks.com