Life, 1905-05-11 · page 5 of 26
Life — May 11, 1905 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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The central cartoon is a satirical map titled "Map of the Whole Thing Showing the Larger Latitude on Monroe's Projection." It depicts North America as a grotesque human figure with Canada as the head, the United States as the torso (labeled "Great Game U.S. Belt"), Mexico as the lower body, and South America as legs. This appears to satirize American expansionist ideology and the Monroe Doctrine—the principle asserting U.S. dominance over the Western Hemisphere. The caricature suggests America's consuming attitude toward neighboring territories. The "Monroe Projection" title sarcastically references President James Monroe's 1823 doctrine opposing European interference in the Americas while enabling American intervention. The accompanying text articles discuss various American cultural claims to centrality ("nerve center").
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WHOLE THING SHOWING THE LARGER LATITUDE! ON MONROES PROJECTION GRASPING GUIDE OF NORTH AMERICA. . HICAGO," s Hope Springs Eternal. "TIS said a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive ; But keep up hope, my patient friend, Practice makes perfect in the end ! Nerve. vs Mayor Dunne, “is. the nerve center of the country,”” No doubt Chicago has nerve, but before the nerve center of this great country is located by common consent, other places will have to be heard. Topeka, for example, to mention no others, has respectable claims, at least while the Legislature of Kan- sas is in session The intellectual center, the dressed beef center, the finan- cial center, the breakfast food center, the musical center, the religious center, these may be lightly conceded, but the nerve center is more important, touching, as it does, the vety sources of our na- tional selfhood I" often happens that man will put himself to no end of trouble to find the key to a woman's heart, when all the time the door is wide open The Method of the Yellows. Te EDITOR: From what source did you secure this story of a frightful sca in the Oldstock family Tue Reporter their coachman “ It would never do, of course, to From quote him; so we'll ss news on ‘ the highest How It Happened. ARMER MEDDEK Was Deacon Burlap buried from the house ? Farmer Green : No, from the bac! ard |! His wife was house- cleaning ! comicbooks.com