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This page announces Judge magazine's limerick competition celebrating President William H. Taft. The contest invites readers to submit humorous five-line poems about Taft, with prize winners published here. The limericks employ lighthearted political humor typical of early 1900s satire. Common themes include Taft's physical weight (referenced as "rumpus," "weight of a mob"), his stability as a leader ("stone wall," "helm steady"), and his role as Theodore Roosevelt's chosen successor ("what Teddy chose"). The contest itself reflects Taft's popularity among Judge's readership at this moment. The repeated refrain "That's why he should pilot our craft" plays on nautical metaphors, positioning the president as a skilled captain steering the nation. This was evidently a celebratory, populist engagement rather than satirical critique.

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