Life, 1923-12-06 · page 5 of 84
Life — December 6, 1923 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising**, not editorial content or satire. The dominant feature is a large advertisement for Thomas Cook & Son travel cruises, promoting two luxury voyages: 1. **"Around the World" cruise** on the Samaria (January 26–June 3, 1924), spanning 130 days with stops across Asia, the Pacific, and Hawaii 2. **Mediterranean cruise** on the S.S. Belgienland (January 19–March 26, 1924) The left column contains an article titled "Infant Prodigies," discussing precocious children like Shaw and Wilde, with anecdotes about child behavior. This is editorial content, not satire or political commentary. The cruises advertised represent luxury travel available to wealthy readers—a marketing pitch emphasizing modernity, comfort, and exotic destinations during the Jazz Age.
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Infant Prodigies ne Era of the Cultured Child (Alas, alack) has bloomed and flowered. w infants talk of Shaw and Wilde Before with walking they're em- powered. hile parents shower them witk smiles, nstead of with the spank reproach- ing, ilt-erated juveniles \re multiplying and encroaching. aulay, at the age of three, When bitten by a bee...thought. .. waited, 1 then with manly dignity declared, “The agony’s abated.” y didn’t some one grab the young hilosopher by pants or collar | teach him that when bees have stung he thing a kid should do is holler? | Stuart Mill...born to a league )i Supermaniacs, a victim intellectual intrigue— \t two no one could contradict him. five he'd made a score of Greek ranslations, not to mention Latin. ¢ parents, marred with such a freak, Vould find a stream and throw the brat in. true that history reveals at few examples so atrocious. temporaneous ideals done, encourage the precocious. re’s my complaint. If now and then \ tot crops up—at chess a master, K.—I don’t protest. But when \ million do it, that’s disaster. day, while at a friend’s for tea, My hostess took me through her dwelling, caling in the nursery rhe children—romping not, nor yell- ing, it reading—thoughtfully. They read » Mother Goose, nor Carroll's . Ibsen, Freud instead.... [ fled the room to hide my malice. other time, while at the shore, \ youngster climbed up to my shoulder. c looked to be not more than four— Since then I've hoped that he was older. \re you a little girl?” said I— His curly hair this intimated. fainted after his reply. “I'm homo sapiens,” he stated. do not know just what’s to blame— Creative Evolution may be. understand that that’s the name And sponsor -for the Highbrow Baby. e Nature pro or con, I see My duty clear, and I'll fulfill it.... ach time I meet a prodigy, T'll Rill it. on the **Samaria’’ January 26 to June 3, 1924 he supreme event of a life-time, achieving the Grand Circuit in 130 days of luxury and leisure; sailing eastward inthe path of spring. No crowding, no confusion. Our own offices with their special service all along the route. The itinerary embraces: Madeira; Mediterranean cities; Egypt; India; Burma; Sumatra; Java; Philippines; South and North China; Japan; Hawaii; San Francisco; Panama; etc. CRUISES SUPREME “42 MEDITERRANEAN January 19 to March 26,1924 onthe §, S. Belgenland An opportunity beyond compare to visit the his- toric wonderlands of the “Sea of the Ancients,” traveling with leisure and in comfort on the largest, most modern, most replete steamer cruising to the Mediterranean next season. _ An abounding itinerary em- bracing all points worth while—with a long stay in = Egypt. Stopover privileges in Europe, with return § by Majestic, Olympic, Homeric, etc. Full information on request. THOS. COOK & SON 585 Fifth A: @ Boston Chicago 245 Broadway LosAngetes Toronto Phitadelphio Sanfrancisco NEWYORK Montreal Vancouver comicbooks.com