Life, 1904-04-14 · page 3 of 20
Life — April 14, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical cartoons and two anecdotes mocking political and social figures of the early 20th century. **Top cartoon**: A woman artist (with palette) paints a portrait while Cupid watches—titled "A Portrait for a Spring Exhibition," likely satirizing contemporary art pretensions. **Bottom left**: "Ingenious Young Stubble" depicts a caricatured boy with a soap bubble maker, mocking a child who patented a "soap bubble" invention—satirizing both youthful ambition and frivolous patents. **Text anecdotes**: Two "Modern Anecdotes" mock prominent figures—Cleveland (likely President Grover Cleveland) rejecting a Democratic Presidential nomination, and J. Pierpont Morgan (the famous banker) dismissively refusing to sell his car-storage space in cold weather. Both anecdotes ridicule wealthy and powerful men's eccentricities and callousness. The page satirizes vanity, pretension, and elite indifference.
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SL Hing INGENIOUS YOUNG STUBBLE. A LONELY YOUNG FELLOW NAMED STUBBLE MADE AN “ AUTO" WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. ME WENT 'ROUND SELLING SOAP, AND ME MURMURED, “1 HOAP 1 CAN PATENT MY LITTLE Soar ‘eunBLE,'" Modern Anecdotes. R. CLEVELAND was reading an edition de lucks of A History of the Democratic Party."” “Would you accept a Presidential nomination?"’ we asked in a casual manner. “Certainly not,” he replied, looking up from the volume. ‘* But,” he added, “you will understand that the state- ment is not made under oath." Thinking that it might be wise to secure an affidavit, we hurried away to the nearest notary's office. R. J. PPERPONT MORGAN was going into his banking house. “We havea car-load of Steel Common at the depot that we would like to sell to you,” we ventured in some trepida- tion. “Better put it in cold storage," he responded in his usual May morning manner. Recognizing in his reply that ness which has made him rich famous, we hurried away to the nearest cold storage plant and took a ninety- nine-year lease on a car-load of space. comicbooks.com