Life, 1907-05-30 · page 3 of 20
Life — May 30, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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The top illustration references "The Teddyssey, Book VI—Arbitration," depicting Theodore Roosevelt mediating peace between "the Hyperboreans and the Warriors of Japanoesus"—a satirical commentary on Roosevelt's 1905 mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, which earned him a Nobel Peace Prize. Below are two brief humor pieces: "If Money Would Then of Course" jokes about a department store owner's extravagant requests, and "Arrest the Smoky Automobiles" critiques early automobiles for polluting city air with exhaust smoke—a genuine urban complaint in the early 1900s. The cartoon sidebar shows a terrier making a joke about musical preferences versus fashion choices (a "barcarole suit"). The satire targets Roosevelt's diplomatic ambitions and contemporary urban pollution concerns.
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= tite Cathay ~ y) THE TEDDYSSEY. BOOK VI—ARBITRATION TEDDYSSES INTERVENES FOR PEACE BETWEEN THE HYPERBOREANS AND THE WARRIORS OF JAPONNOESUS If Money Would, Then of Course % ELLO, is this Jawbreaker’s mam- moth department store which fur- nishes everything for the home? “Well, this is Mrs. C. Money Burns, No. 23 Bullion Bullyvard. Take an order, please. “‘Allready? Well, send meone hundred ninety dollars’ worth of domestic felicity, twothousand dollars’ worth of dutiful off- spring, twenty-five hundred dollars’ worth of unadulterated contentment, cighty thousand dollars’ worth of jealousy-re- mover, a quarter million dollars’ worth of assorted knowledge, a half million dollars? worth of ennui-killer, four ounces of gray matter and a half-dozen earnest purposes. “Now read it to me, please. “Yes, that’s right. Send it up right away.” Ellis O. Jones. Arrest the Smoky Automobiles NOT alone by excess of speed do the automobiles offend. The trick that some of them have of leaving behind them a trail of ill-smelling smoke is a very dirty one, and particularly detrimental in the streets of cities. It is due to incom- petence in the chauffeur. No automo- bile that is fit to be at large smokes in that offensive fashion, unless the chauffeur gives it too much oil, or otherwise mis- treats it. An automobile that does so defile the air commits a public nuisance, and in a city like New York should be subject to arrest. In Paris misbehavior of that sort is not allowed. It should not be permitted here. Terrier: 1 JUST LOVE MUSIC. WOULD YoU KINDLY PLAY ME SOMETHING CHOICE? Spaniel: HOW WOULD A BARCAROLE SUIT you? comicbooks.com