Life, 1898-09-15 · page 6 of 20
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# Page 206 from Life Magazine - Analysis **The Two Bicycle Cartoons (top):** These contrasting panels mock timid amateur cyclists. The left shows an exaggerated imagining of what's coming: a monstrous horse-drawn vehicle bearing down menacingly. The right reveals reality: just ordinary cyclists on a peaceful road. The humor satirizes cyclists' anxiety and tendency to catastrophize minor road encounters. **"As to the Philippines" (center article):** This discusses the justification for maintaining American control of the Philippines, debating whether holding these territories represents colonial expansion or necessary strategic policy. The author questions whether keeping the islands requires ongoing military presence among indigenous populations. **"A Limited Guarantee" (right):** A brief humorous dialogue about a hammock's durability, playing on consumer skepticism of product guarantees.
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WHAT THE TIMID AMATEUK BICYCLIST IMAGINED WAS COMING UP BEHIND TER. Our Fresh-Air Fund. Previonsly acknowledged Hawall Annexed From the sale of a biey Ray and Ogden. IMS. Cash. ‘i Grenell Island Sunday Oatsle : J. A. & LB. Brunch... #6 Proceeds of @ Fair held by the children of Maplewood. Prete) WHEN corruption tn politics has been earrted so far that the rottenuess becomes too noticeable, an Investigation, demanded by the people at large, ts held, and the offenders against soclety are turned out, Under ordinary clreum- stances this is a falr remedy, and good citizens breathe a sigh of relief. Bat when In time of war, ont of a regiment of some twelve hundred men, fourteen are killed in battle and sixty-four wounded, and eight hundred are either starved to death or allowed to waste away by disease and negtect, an “Investigation” Js rather a hopeless method of restoring husbands to their wives and sons to their parents, In a case like this, it is better to have the Inves- tigution precede the crime. A Gulf Between. HEAR you have been visiting friends,” Relatives.” As to the Philippines. N “ex-Johao-Bull,” who writes to the Sun, gives as one reason for keeping the Philippines that ‘‘the Eng- lish speaking people, being the ten lost tribes of Israel, are God’s chosen people, and He bas guided our brave men, ani- mating them to deeds of heroic valor.” This is indeed an unanswerable argu- ment, yet it seems more conclusive as a reason for capturing Jerusalem than for holding on to the Philippines. Did the ten tribes ever own the Philippines, and are we really merely coming to our own again when we recapture them? If we keep them, will it be necessary for many of us tribesmen to go and live on them? If we who speak English are the de- scendants of the ten tribes, there is noth- ing in which the discernment that runs in our blood shows clearer than in the selection we have made of lands to live in. We have steered clear of the tropical countries and maintained dealings with J. Frost. Let us stick, as far as possible, to that policy, There is Canaan enough for us north of the tropics. F all burdens, ignorance is easiest to the bearer. AND WHAT IT REALLY WAS. A Limited Guarantee. KERTERSON : You remember the new hammock I swung up from the side of the house to the hickory tree? Peterson ; Yes, “Well, the Tunner girls tested it last night and had a fall.” “T thought that hammock was guar- anteed.” “But the house and the-hickory tree were not,” A SUGGESTION TO THE GIRLS.