Life, 1901-08-22 · page 15 of 20
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**"A Big Card" Article:** This piece satirizes Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Chicago. The text mocks how newspapers breathlessly report Roosevelt's movements, attributing grand political aspirations to him. Life suggests Roosevelt has such broad appeal—especially in the West—that he could win elected office to virtually any position. The satire implies Roosevelt is being "wound up" like a toy and will continue his political ascent inevitably. The article's tone is gently mocking of the press's Roosevelt obsession and voters' eagerness to promote him. **Fish Cartoons (left):** Three sequential cartoons show anthropomorphic fish in boats, appearing to depict fishermen's catches or escapes. The caption references "the biggest one you hooked got away," suggesting commentary on missed opportunities or elusive goals—likely a fishing metaphor for political ambitions. **"Dreadful Fate" Comic (bottom right):** A crude narrative comic shows a young broker caught and locked up, apparently by someone's family. The dialogue suggests vigilante justice against the broker—humorous social commentary on financial predators or seduction narratives common to period comics.
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a by Soe 155 A Big Card. OLONEL ROOSEVELT has been to Chicago, and the newspapers are saying all the things they usually say when Colonel Roosevelt goes anywhere. They attribute to him divers honorable aspirations to serve his country in important stations, and suggest that his presence in Chicago was a preliminary step towards getting those aspirations realized. So it may be. Who can tell? It is no secret that Colonel Roosevelt appeals strongly to the imagination of the Boundless West,and that a great many voters in that untrammeled region would rejoice to vote for him for any office in the gift of the American people. He can make the fortune of a county fair anywhere between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean, and his presence doesn't disperse crowds even in the East. No doubt it will turn out that he was wound up before being put on the shelf, and will go steadily until he gets down again. [* uy of our readers have any idea that Science ix lagging behind in these swift days of politics and trusts, they will be pleasantly reassured by reading the following list of subjects, from Science, treated by students who have obtained degrees from Johns Hopkins, Yale, University of Chicago, and Harvard. Also, the plutocrats who are giving away some of their millions for the endow- ment of our colleges, will take heart of grace : Virgil Everett McCaskill : The Metamerlam of Hirudo Medicinalts Edwin Bldweil Wilson : The Decomposition of the General Collineation to Space into Three Skew Reflections, Victor John Chambers: A Farther Investigation of the Action of Phenols and Atcohols on the Chlorides of Paranitroorthoaulphodenzoic Acid. Charles Montague Cooke, Jr; The Hawaitan Hepaticae of the Tribe Trigonautheae, Ward Weaver Simmons: A Further Study of the so-called infuslble Diamide of Parasulphobenzole Acid. Charies Wiliam McGowan Black ; The Parametric Itepresentation of the Neignhorhood of a Singuiar Point of an Analytic Surface. “NOW, GO HOME AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT THE BIGGEST ON HOOKED GoT Away.” you DREADFUL FATE! . , OKER. ASHAWAY: It seems so strange, among so many WHO WOULD BEA SAR ETTE UNOKER girls one meets, there are so few one cares to make WELL, THEY GOT HIM AT LAST, ils wife, AND THEY LOCKED Ue ar ties meen CLENENTON : Well, they can’t all be born rich. ea A el tte - comicbooks.com