Life, 1907-07-25 · page 5 of 22
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This page satirizes Theodore Roosevelt and his administration during the early 1900s. The main cartoon, titled "The Teddyssey Finally Discovers That Some Men Are Liars," depicts Roosevelt (identifiable by his characteristic robust physique and prominent teeth) discovering deception among his associates. The accompanying articles address two specific scandals: "A Nobler Use" discusses mismanagement of battleships intended for Roosevelt's naval program, suggesting they be repurposed for the President's family rather than wasted. "Too Many Horses Burned Up" criticizes dangerous conditions in New York stables where over 150 horses died in a single fire, arguing such losses constitute animal cruelty and reflect poor government oversight. The satire critiques Roosevelt's executive management and trust in subordinates.
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THE TEDDYSSEY TEDDYSSES FINALLY DISCOVERS THAT SOME MEN ARE LIARS A Nobler Use w Loxpon, June 24.—The steam yacht Sylph, arrived last week with President Roosevelt's son Archieven board, returned to Oyster Bay last night.—Special dispatch to The Sun. A’? quite proper, too. Should Mrs. Longworth wish to do some shop- ping, one of the new battleships should be placed at her disposal. If the little Roosevelts become restless, each of them should have a destroyer to run about in. And so should his sisters and his cousins and his aunts. The Sylph and the others are maintained and paid for by the people of the United States as part of the naval equipment against war. It is far more in accordance with the peaceful spirit of the age that they should be employed in this domestic service of the various mem- bers of the President’s family than that they should be distributing death and disaster. And besides that, it furnishes valuable practice to naval officers who hope to become attached to the Presi- dential court at Washington. Too Many Horses Burned Up F ANY investigator has the patience to look back through a file of newspapers and learn how many horses have been burned up in New York during the last six months, he will get some statistical information that will scandalize him, In one fire two hundred and fifty horses were destroyed ina single stable. ‘The custom is—a necessary custom—in New York to fill four or five-story buildings with horses, stabling them on all the upper floors. But horses are not like so many bales of merchandise, In housing them their reasonable safety is entitled to considera- tion, apart from their money value. It is abominably inhuman to expose them recklessly to the chance of being burned up. Where large numbers of them are huddled together in tall buildings, the buildings ought to be fireproof; and if it is not equitable as yet to exact that, at least systematic precautions should be ex- acted by law for the prevention of fire in such stables. That two hundred and fifty horses, or any such number, should be burned up in a single fire ought not to be reckoned as a mere mischance, but as an offense against humane conduct, and a disgrace. *comicbooks.com