Life, 1906-11-01 · page 48 of 56
Life — November 1, 1906 — page 48: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and filler content** rather than political cartoons. The main satirical piece is the poem "Taft" by the Baltimore Sun, a commentary on President Theodore Roosevelt's interventionist foreign policy. ## The "Taft" Poem The verse mocks the solution to every American problem—domestic or international—as simply sending "Bill" (William Howard Taft, Roosevelt's Secretary of War and chosen successor). Whether it's leaky pipes, labor disputes, Congress asserting itself, or colonial unrest in Panama and the Philippines, the refrain is "Send Bill!" The satire criticizes Roosevelt's aggressive military interventionism and reliance on Taft to handle crises worldwide. It suggests this approach had become reflexive and absurdly oversimplified. ## Other Content The page includes period advertisements (moccasins, estate services, light bulbs) and anecdotes about historical spelling and the painter Rossetti—typical Life magazine filler from this era (likely early 1900s, based on Roosevelt/Taft references).
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DVEE Prettiest, Daintiest, Softest Women’s $1.25 Children’s 1.00 DELIVERED Comfy Moccasin Made of M “Comfy Felt,” soft leather soles with one inch of carded wool between felt inner sole and felt and leather outer soles, making a perfect cushion tread. Ideal for the bed- room. Colors: Red, Pink, Navy Bluey Light Blue, Gray and Lavender Handhome slipper bag to keep them in, seat for 25 cents extra, | Send for CATALOGUE No. 32 showing many new tyes \ DANIEL GRE! FELT SHOE CO. \ 119 West 23d Street, New York. EATHER. JENNER & COMPANY Undivided Estates Exclusively $5 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Telephone 10304051 Kertor + + Cable Address UNDIV! IDED ESTATES xed period We purchase at ooh toisreos orn s for handling such proposals are a any requirement This Is Worth 26 Cents. As a speclal inducement, that you may keow f perience the enjoyment of modulated elec Leng. distance bulb fs worth $15 Write your name and ade dress on the back of this advertisement and take to your electrician and he will wlbs are the "turn, turn up’ ia elec y put the switch unter yout wand t trial. Ope lamp ts every room, eves if when the trial [e up. Het ¥ fodividual pleasure and ec: of the Ua Tatop has a label with the ‘nam Look fv this name on the lamp Every geaulse HVLD thas the Imitatica. THE PHELPS CoO., 4 Rowtanp Sr., Detroit, Micn. Taft E HAVE reached the point in our country’s stride we've got a right to a sense of 7 We needn't care what may happen or when, It’s Charley-on-the-spot with our military men, IV's a call for marines and a sign to the ships, A packing of duds and a smashing of grips, And first and last, whatever may hap, No matter where on the face of the map, It’s as easy to settle as rolling down hill— Send Bill! Ii the pipe don’t fit and the stove won't burn, If the heater you bought isn’t worth a dern, If the plumber’s job was a botch and you swear At the pipes that are leaking everywhe If the cook lady quits and you're in a mess Right down the line of a life’s distress, While things somehow go wrong cach day, Just laugh it off in a pleasant w There's a method to make things come right still— Send Bill! If there's something loose in Panama, If the Moros venture to break the law; If a Chinese mandarin chances to chaff At our “keep-out” wall with a me If the Porto Ricans Of raising their own If the world we own don't go just s And run along smoothly « While the bugles blare and th icks trill— If Congress tries to assert itsel If the Trusts grow bold in their 8 ced for pelf; If the world kicks u “ve a quick and certain way of weight set the things gone wrong dead straight, nd it’s just as easy as rollin’ down hill— Send Bill! —Baltimore Sun. Simplified Spelling in Oyster Bay in 1703 Fiom:the Oyster Bay Toten Retords of i403 W THE abov Named arbetrators being Impowered to apount a numpeir [an umpire] have mead Choyc of Jems Dickinson of Oysterbay to end the Diferance or Difereincis menciend in this bond as witnes our hands. “Joseph Weekes, John Townsend and others.” Extract from Book C, Town Records of Dyster Bay (typewritten), page 209.—New York Sun. R‘ TTI, the poet-painter, was once visited by an Indian prince, who said to him: “LT wish to give you a commission to paint a portrait of my father.” “Is your father in London?” asked Rossetti. “No; my father is dead,” replied the Oriental. “Have you some photographs of him, or any portrait? | We have no portraits of him of any kind.” n I peint a portrait of him, then?” ‘It is impossible! I could not think of attempting anything so absurd.” it absurd?” demanded the prince, “You paint pictures of Julius Cesar and Hannibal and John the Baptist, and y have never scen any of them. Wh paint my father?"—New York Tribune. The TEST of a Good Watch NLESS all the parts are perfect and accurately put together, a watch soon loses or gains time. Defects in the watch itself soon upset the ad- justment to temperature and po- sition, Tobe accurate, a watch must be ‘‘adjusted’’ to overcome the contraction and expansion caused by heat and cold. for a Lifetime Tt must also be ‘‘ adjusted’ so thatit will keep perfect time in any position. The hair spring controls the bal- ance wheel of a watch, and the bal- ance wheel is where the adjusting is done. So every Rockford Watch is tested to run without a hair spring, to prove that the parts are perfect and accur- ately fitted together. With no defects to “throw It of.” Rockford ad- justment to temperature and position is pet- manent. i ‘That is why a Rockford Watch keeps time for a litetime without continual readjusting. Watch dealers everywhere koow about the teal superiority of Rocklord Watches. They will be Blad to sell you a Rocktord Watch because it will Eive long-time satistaction. Hf you are not willingly supplied with any type of Rockford Watch, write us and we will see that you get what you want We will gladly send yoo complete information about Rocktord Watches. Write us today. Rockford Watch Co., Rockford, Ill, COLLARS after many journeys throngh the laundry, shows them {© Le in the same perfect condition As when they left the factory. Made of fabric shrunk before Jong wear. In trae Quarren sizes 4 457 River St., Troy, Ne Yo from rende other preser ecti that 3 this ti bat to tniver tho e crimin kt alo than f comicbooks.com