Life, 1906-02-15 · page 27 of 32
Life — February 15, 1906 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This page contains humorous anecdotes rather than political cartoons. "The Poor Father" presents a speech by Representative Chalk Beeson of Kansas comparing trees to children—both troublesome when young but sources of pride when grown. The joke satirizes the absurdity of this comparison through an interruption: a boy calls from the garden, "Papa, papa, look out of the window. Jimmy Smith wouldn't believe you had no hair on the top of your head!"—undercutting Beeson's sentimental metaphor with crude, physical humor. Additional brief anecdotes mock bourgeois hypocrisy (a comfortable man won't help the poor lest he become uncomfortable himself) and Brooklyn's inferiority (a young man won't even meet his date there). The rest is advertising for Budweiser beer, Cascade Whisky, and Old Crow Rye whiskey—common fare for *Life* magazine of this era.
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