Life, 1907-07-25 · page 8 of 22
Life — July 25, 1907 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate pieces of satirical content: **"The Captain's Creed"** and **"Privilege"** are poems/verses mocking aristocratic entitlement and class systems. "Privilege" specifically critiques the unfair advantages of nobility, referencing kings like William and Andrew, suggesting that democracy would be preferable to such unequal systems. **"Farming"** discusses seasonal agricultural work in temperate versus tropical climates, presenting practical commentary rather than satire. **"Punishment"** depicts a dialogue between an Inquisitor and a "Late Arrival," mocking religious institutional cruelty through dark humor—the punishment of drinking boiling oil is presented as absurd and excessive. The illustration **"Getting the Tempo"** shows a speedboat/snail hybrid vessel, a visual pun about speed and slowness, likely satirizing technological pretension or the gap between ambition and reality.
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Copyright, 1007, by Lae Pepemine Comer, ITTLE oj Improved with proper care, Help a chap's promotion T vortunities, Make a lot of difference yward fight. red on the way, Help to make the Generals Inthe U.S.A. AM. B. Stewart. Privilege Foreign Advices. ND thereupon privilege confronted itself in two of its worthiest and most distinguished exponents. ‘Thedivine of kings, on the one hand, and the di sovereign and an enlightened billionaire. re were never a worse king than and never a worse rich man than Andrew, democracy would most likely be a mere theory for academicians to wrangle over, and we should all be standing cheer- fully pat WATER-P Farming F RMERS are most prosperous in the temperate regions, quite az one would expect to find them, For in the temper. ate regions the farming season is only about three months long, leaving the faz mer nine months during which to engage in other pursuits and thus eam money to keep his farm going. Very obviously the farmer in the tropics, where the farming season is six, seven, cight, or even ten months long, is at a serious disadvants Who can blame him if he becomes dis couraged and sinks at length into apathy ? Tf you are about to take up farmin with a view to becoming wealthy, by all means secure land in the temperate re- gions Punishment H AD INQUISITOR: You were the chauffeur, I believe, who was con- tinually letting vile smoke come out of the rear of your machine Late Arrivat: Yt i “Well, go and swallow a cup of boiling cylinder oil every ten minutes, until I can think of some punishment to fit your case.” mucens, GETTING THE TEMPO “HO, THERE! SPEEDERBUG. TURN HER pow TO LARGO; THIS MODERATO MOVE- NAIL DIZZY."