Life, 1908-04-02 · page 20 of 44
Life — April 2, 1908 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical pieces typical of *Life* magazine's early 20th-century format: **Main Political Cartoon (top)**: References the "Brownsville episode"—a 1906 incident where President Theodore Roosevelt dismissed Black soldiers from the 25th Infantry without due process, allegedly for a shooting incident. The text sarcastically notes that Republican vice-presidential candidate James Sherman and Senator Joseph Foraker cannot run together because Foraker opposed Roosevelt's handling of the dismissals, creating party tension. **Other Humor Pieces**: Include marital humor (a bridegroom shocked at wedding expenses), medical comedy, and a Newport socialite joke about early marriage. The page also notes Harvard President Charles Eliot's appointment as an Italian honor, with *Life* sarcastically suggesting he decline because "he is useful where he is." The cartoons throughout use simple line drawings depicting everyday domestic and social situations as humorous commentary on American life and politics.
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“EDEE With a Paper-Knife O, LITTLE gift, and be a blade Of many moods in masque- rade. With fingers fair From wells dip up A nectar rare In jeweled cup; Change into chime Of tuneful bells And ring a rhyme Of gay rondels; With valiant hands Dark Error strike, Revealing lands Columbus-like ; Soar as a net In summer skies Radiantly set With butterflies; Change into lamp Of Arab nights And find a camp Of dear delights; Flutter, a dove O’er ark-set seas, Or, lantern Of Diog- Enes! Clarence Urmy. LLOWING a Senate committee report on the Brownsville episode, the President has asked Con- gress for authority to rein- state some of the dismissed negro soldiers of the Twen- ty - fifth Infantry, if he shall see fit to do so. A pity the Republican ticket can- not be Taft and Foraker. Better 'HE BRIDEGROOM (on the return from the honeymoon): Hello! What's this? All the bills for your trousseau! Why, I thought your father paid these. Brine: It is customary, dear. But he thought you church?” “About three hundred Easter hats.” you. HE PATIENT: But look here! getting absent treatment? come during the fall?” ‘Tue Heater: Don’t worry. I'll send you an itemized bill. Garden of Eden.” WHAT is ithe capacity of your would rather do it than give him the humiliation of borrowing the money from How do I know all the times I’m “prra, why does the frost always “The habit, my son, originated in the At Newport ITTLE GIRL: Oh, mamma! Tell me! When will I be big enough to be unhappily married? : President Eliot has been appointed Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy by King Victor Emmanuel.—Harvard Bulletin. E HOPE he will decline the job. He is useful where he is. i comicbooks.com