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This page from *Life* magazine contains a section titled "This Bubble World" featuring short satirical observations about current events and social absurdities. The content mocks various figures and institutions: a New York broker bitten by a sheep, King Alfonso of Spain (a real historical figure), James Broadbent of Huddersfield experimenting with dog nutrition, Count de Witte's bathing habits, and Emperor Francis Joseph denying rumors. The satire targets American politicians and institutions—senators seeking millionaire status, Dry Dollar Sullivan (unclear reference), Boston's literary pretensions, and Republican Congressmen's refusal to pass "pure food" legislation. The final cartoon illustrates the stomach as women's proper concern, captioned "Life's Weather Forecast: Variable turning to light"—mocking female domesticity. The overall tone is pointed social criticism through humor and exaggeration.

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> inaway tl -LIFE. 757 This Bubble World T WAS a New York policeman that was bitten by a sheep in Central Park — Rochester Democrat All right except the locality and the’ parties to the biting. It was a New York broker who was bitten by a lamb in Wall Street. King Alfonso weighs 125 pounds, while Princess Ena tips the beam at 180 Dallas Times-Herald No question in that family about who sits in who's lap. AE James Broadbent. Mayor of Huddersfield, England, is making the proper care of babies a leading feature of his administration. He issues instructions as to their food and saysa baby should be weighed every fortnight to keep tab on its ni n. A baby-weighing machine is kept at the mayoralty office for the purpose —Houston Post Sort of practical extension of our own noble Presi- dent’s race-suicide theory. pounds. Emperor Francis Joweph is forced repeatedly to deny rumors of his contem- plated abdication. —Washington Star. Just like Chauncey: 6 It is said that an average of nine out of ten trained nurses marry. Sun. Pittsburg Oh, woman, in our hours of ¢: Uncertain, coy and hard to please, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A marrying angel, thou ‘The matter of industrial training is to come to the front in the next few years it has not come in the past in this country —New York Commercial What the United States really needs is schools to teach the new generation of business men common elementary honesty. Bas Emil Jung, a professor in the University of Geneva, says that snails perceive the odor of many substances.—Puttsburg Dispatch. his explains why there are no snails in Chicago. ) John D. Rockefeller once worked at the plumbers’ trade, says an Ohio con- temporary —Houston Post. That accounts for part of it. P Naturally the women of the land want a good, workable pure-food bill enacted. Chicago News But the Republican Congressmen won’t give us this much needed law until some one writes another “Jungle” book. Thomas F, Walsh, David Moffatt and Mr. Guggenheim, all candidates for the United States Senate from Ci jo, are millionaires. —Indiana polis News. That last bit of information is entirely superfluous. Who can mention a sit good thing that United States Senator Platt has ever done for the people? —Chicago Record. What's the use of asking such fool questions? Mr. Upton Sinclair is obviously in position to write some telling articles on the value of advertising. —Deroit News And the packers on the cost of his kind of advertising. + Somehow the Pullman car section of the rate bill became uncoupled and side- tracked. —Lowel! Courier Some enterprising muck-raker might make an interesting article describing just how this was done. Dry Dollar Sullivan is out for Bryan.—Rochester Post Oh, no—Dry Dollar is always out for Dry Dollar or any other dollar. S ‘The Sultan of Turkey has conferred wife of American Ambassador Tower. strange —Mextcan Herald. Why shouldn’t a Tower have a cross ? # Why does the fact that Boston is a literary centre make it a good place for suckers ?—Boston Herald. Granting, for the sake of argument, that Boston is a literary centre. I rand Cross of the Shefakat on the t is probably all right, but it sounds Clubwomen are going to try to uplift husbands. —Chicago News Centuries of experienc ve demonstrated that the stomach is the best fulcrum for thi LIFE’S WEATHER FORECAST Variable turning to light comicbooks.com