Life, 1922-06-01 · page 14 of 34
Life — June 1, 1922 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains a humorous cartoon about Sunday observance laws. The illustration shows two police detectives ("Sleuths") confronting what appears to be a farmer named Cy Perkins near a fence with hens. The caption reads: "Sleuths Obtain Evidence That Cy Perkins Has Permitted His Hens to Lay on Sunday." The joke satirizes overzealous enforcement of strict Sunday laws—regulations that prohibited various activities on the Sabbath. The absurdity is that police are investigating whether hens have violated these rules by laying eggs on Sunday, an impossible thing to regulate or prevent. It mocks both the ridiculousness of such rigid religious laws and their aggressive enforcement, suggesting authorities have become comically zealous in policing private behavior deemed sinful.
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HOLDUP, PASSENGER FALLS, & BROADHEARSE R. R. (Daily Robbery Time Table revised to April 1, 1922 Anno Desperado). Passengers subject to loss of change without notice. Read Down Read Sideways No. 3 .- Jesseville .Jamestow: Bound Brool . +, Gag Creek . Shackle River. Lake Hopaboard.. Two Gun Crossing Passenger Falls roadhearse. End of Track * Daily. # Sunday. @ Sometim $ Always. Figures in black face type indicate A.) igures in light face type indicate P.M % Stops on signal to discharge and receive bandits. Passengers for Empty Cartridge, Wound City and Missed Fire Island change at Hold- Armored Station. No. 1. Club Car Jesseville to End of Track; Wheel Chair Cars Gag Creek to Pas- senger Falls; Hospital Car Bound Brook to Passenger Falls; Bumpers Jesseville to End of Track. No. 2. Stops to receive bandits only at stations indicated in black face type. No. 3. Stops to receive passengers only at stations indicated in light face type. No. 4. Broadhearse Limited. Stops only when telescoped. m. Flag Stop. Does not stop to receive bandits without flags: b. Tickets reading westbound or the reverse of such eastbound are invalid. x. Passengers from Jesseville to End of Track do so at their own ris Train butchers on all trains sell bullet-proof vests. Books on Jiu Jitsu, Infantry D Regulations, and Pistol Shooting on sale at all stations. Common or Garden Cussing AY it with flowers—'tis better far And hardly puritanical, : To use, for naughty words that jar, The softer names botanical. Though there are times that try the soul And tempt us wrathfully to rant thus, How sweet our language to control By saying simply: “Damnacanthus!” Now let the union workers shame With “Scabiosa” whom they will; Let him who might profane a Name Invoke “Sweet Sultan” or be still, But if there comes a rage so red One simply must choose words that tell more, Oh, pause before the thing is said— Then shout: “Gardenia soul to Helle- bore!” C. K. F, Those Recurring Daily Questions Did I get any mail? Whose deal is it? Got a cigarette? Caddy, do I lie three or four? Where’s my hat? What'll we play for? D’you mind riding backward? Where'll we eat? What time is it? How do you get that way? ted His Hens to Lay on Sunday comicbooks.com