Life, 1904-08-11 · page 3 of 20
Life — August 11, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several satirical items rather than a single cohesive cartoon: **"All's Well"** mocks a man named Jasper who failed his locomotive engineer exam but obtained work as a chauffeur—suggesting lower standards for automobile driving positions. **"Unvolatile"** references Richard Strauss's music and Nietzsche's philosophy, noting Germans aren't volatile people, with a dark joke about lynching in the American South. **"Parker and Roosevelt"** appears to reference a political comparison, though specifics are unclear without additional context. The **soliloquy** depicts a woman observing a man from a distance, commenting on his short stature and their limited public interactions. The **illustration** at bottom shows a frog and figure in a humorous scenario about a mosquito, likely a comedic aside.
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rie —He is always very ardent. It amuses me greatly. — He has money. He thinks I am very beautiful. Such common- places weary me. —I might marry him, if it were not for his unfortunate size. Still—_— All’s Well. RIGGS: Poor Jasper! He miserably failed in his examination for locomotive engineer. Griccs: But I understand he has obtained a fine job as chauffeur. Unvolatile. E are indebted to Mr. James Huneker for the in- formation that the music of Richard Strauss presents the ethics of Spinoza ravished by the rhetoric of ietzsche."” ‘The Germans are not a volatile people. Had this occurred in the South, no doubt somebody would have been lynched. ARKER AND ROOSEVELT—“The Mummy and the Humming Bird.” Copyright, 1 ight, 1004, Soliloquy. __ FORTUNATE that he does not see me. -—It gives me an opportunity to look him’over for the first time—from a distance. —I never realized before, however, how short he is. —I must be a head taller than he. ~——That reminds me that I must be careful not to walk out with him, We should be seen together only when we are sitting. — The last time we met, he said he thought I was cold, “POOR LITTLE FROGGIE! I'LL DET THERE WAS A MOSQUITO 1 was not conscious of it. 1N YOUR ROOM LAST NIGHT.”