Life, 1905-05-25 · page 9 of 26
Life — May 25, 1905 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes **Admiral John Paul Jones**, the Revolutionary War figure. The *Mail and Empire* (a Toronto newspaper) had praised Jones as a "common sea adventurer" while disparaging **Henry Morgan** (the famous pirate/privateer) as inferior. Life's satire mocks this comparison, noting that Morgan's exploits—attacking Panama and Porto Bello—actually exceeded Jones's achievements. The joke is that Jones is celebrated as a "gentleman of refined instincts" in England while Morgan is condemned, despite Morgan's greater daring. Life criticizes this double standard: why lionize one adventurer while scorning another? The accompanying photograph and cartoon labeled "A Portrait" and "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" appear unrelated to the main article's argument about historical reputation and bias.
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MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH, currence in this country, but every- body will have to admit the daring of the way it throws stones, when there y plate-glass panels in the al scheme of the British residence. RIGGS: Toperly took a drink two days after he signed the pledge. Griccs: What caused the delay? “WILLIE, DID YoU GIVE THE BABY HIS MEDICINE WHILE 1 Was OUT?” “ton, YES! AND I'M SIX HOURS AHEAD!” Throwing Stones. HE Mail and Empire, of Toronto, moved to comment by the ado in this country over the finding of the body of our intrepid Revolutionary Admiral, John Paul Jones, has been speaki somewhat disrespectfully of him,and at the i ing on the toes of all good Americans. I common sea adventurer and made him out almo: uncer. Speaking of buccaneers, the Mail and Empire's opinion of Jones recalls . BXGFto mind “Sir” Henry Morgan. Now, there was an ideal sea-rover for you! q ‘To this day he is the despair of even the most gaseous of novelists. His performances at Panama and Porto Bello made all other buccancers ashamed of their pretensions. And when he tired of a life so exciting, then it was that he showed the clever gentleman of refined instine He re- turned to England and paid, like a man, for a“ Sir" and the good will of the “best " society. Naturally, the Mail and Empire's opinion will not receive extended con- A PORTRAIT, comicbooks.com