Life, 1903-02-12 · page 5 of 22
Life — February 12, 1903 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page from *Life* magazine (page 129) contains Valentine's Day poetry and commentary rather than political cartoons. The "Valentine Verses" section includes romantic poems like "Valentine to Sibylla" by Clinton Scollard, presenting conventional courtship themes. The main satirical content is "A Kind-Hearted Ruler," which comments on the German Kaiser's hunting record. The piece mocks the Kaiser's pride in killing thousands of animals—describing his "thirty years'" worth of game including 1,891 rabbits and numerous birds. The satire suggests this "ruler" is morally callous, pressing triggers toward "living targets," implying his hunting obsession reflects dangerous militaristic character. This pre-World War I critique uses animal slaughter as metaphor for the Kaiser's broader threat. The accompanying illustration shows two figures in winter gear, with a caption about finding the North Pole—likely unrelated satirical commentary.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Valentine Verses. THE POINT OF VIEW, THOU out of date; That paper he: foolish rhymes T that valentines were ts and fondly And all the symbols of a callow state declared behind the times. d laugh out in glee And hide her missive, and a youth, elate, Were every wh And then I saw a m: his; and knew—alas for me— . Valentine who's ont of date! Juliet Wilbor Tompkins, TO SAINT VALENTINE. (The Presbyter or Bishop, so called because of iable chara the reign of the Emperor Claudius.) his a (Dt: Saint, beheaded by the Roman folk, / ‘Thy fate was harsh and stern, But hardly worse than mine! For I, oh, Ido burn With love, and love's no joke ; St. Valentine! Now, reall To mal Just like I've lost my head, you see! Richard Burton, int, a fellow-feeling ought youkindtome: —. our blessed Saintship Tam caught A Kind-Hearted Ruler. WE copy the following comment from our bright Newark neighbor, The Whim + Tu Kaiser's Sportixa Reconn, KLIN, October 28.—It 1s aunounced fn the papers here that the as completed bis thirtieth year as a hunter and sportsman. An claborate list 1s given of his thirty years’ bag.” It seeus that his Majesty has kiiled au aggregate of 47,343 autmals. Of these 18,591 nts, 27.881 hares, wild pigs, 1,627 rabbits, over 4,500 deer of all sorts, including 3 reindeer and 7 elk, 121 chamols, several hundreds of various Lirds, as grouse, bustards. ducks, etc.,1 marten, 1 whale and 2 pike, The list closes with * 473 various other animals,’ as to which no details are given, and about which some reasonable curiosity 18 fett_— London Chronicte. How proud he has w » Kaiser must feel when he ponders the havoc ught among the harmless denizens of his forests, How his manly bosom must swell when he thinks of the less way in which he bowled over the unsuspecting Safe in his ¢ his victims, he merel jimals. pressed the e towards the living cr, unseen b: trigger and sent the ¢ target. T seems that tight lacing tends to make a woman's nose red, That is to say, things don't look quite so dark for posterity as they did. er, was beheaded at Rome in VALENTINE TO SIBYLLA. IQUANT, petit Nose retrouss. All that is sweet, — ‘That is her way. Smile like a ray Will you be mine? Voice, such a treat !— ‘Thrush-song in May When falls the fleet Dusk of th Tresses whe Gold gleams di Sibylla, Will you be mine? Hear me re 's roundelay !— Hark, while I pr ist, lest I pine Sibyil ou'll be mine! Clinton Scollard. Explorer : CAN YOU TELL Me WHERE I CAN FIND THE Nontu POLE? Native: THAT QUESTION, Wi AY, YOUNG FELLER, YOU ANE THE PIPTH MAN WHO HAS ASKED ME "8 THE JOKE, aNYuow? comicbooks.com