Life, 1909-02-25 · page 10 of 28
Life — February 25, 1909 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon depicts a chaotic urban street scene filled with automobiles, pedestrians, and various activities. The caption references Nahum 2:4 ("The chariots shall rage in the streets...they shall jostle one against another...they shall seem like torches...they shall run like the lightnings"). This is satirical commentary on early 20th-century automobile culture and urban congestion. The biblical comparison treats cars as a modern plague—chaotic, dangerous, and overwhelming to city life. The dense, frenzied illustration emphasizes the disorder and collision hazard automobiles introduced to previously pedestrian-dominated streets. Below are three brief sections: "Whose?" (questioning Professor Slosson's views on scientific life), "Quite Appropriate" (a joke about a telegram from Professor Ferrero), and "Sporting Item" (a poem about winter sports by William R. Benét).
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THE CHARIOTS SHALL KAGE IN THE STREETS, THEY SMALL JOSTLE ONE AGAINST ANOTHER IN THF. BROAD WAY: LIKE TORCHES, THEY SMALL RUN LIKE SLOSSON tells us that A human life is nothing compared with a new fact in science.”” Of course. But does Professor Slosson propose giving his own life? Presumably not. It becomes interesting to know what human life Professor Slos- son has in mind. Is it the life of the pauper infant? Or is it the life of any patient in any public hospital? Maybe such a life “is nothing compared with a new fact in science."* We know how the medical pro- fession regards the lives of dumb brutes who have no votes, and this knowledge has led to considerable anxiety among thoughtful citizens as to the “scientific uses of charity patients. From animals to humans is a natural step. Hos- pital patients know this, and they are getting nervous. Quite Appropriate PON leaving for home, Professor Ferrero sent the fol- lowing telegram to President Roosevelt: “At the moment of my leaving for Europe, I send you n sincere thanks for inviting me to take a voyage so instructive for me, and I express to you the hope that T may very soon see you in Italy.” One would think, however, that they had had quite enough of earthquakes in Italy. THE LIGHTNING! THEY SHALL seat —Nahum, Chap. 11, v. 4 Sporting Item William R. Benét, O’'er the links, too snowy frore For the game this time of year, Can't you still a genial roar Of unwearied fervor hear? Unto heaven the cry of “ Fore! "? Rings upon the listening ear. See! the snow-bound courts no more Echo Tennis Ted’s career. In their stead a zealous corps To the chill Golf Club draws near S’sh! Across the fair-snow striding who is this who doth appear? Bet you Knox and Hitchcock know, Icicled and cloaked with snow! Look, they shiver as they caddy! All the Cabinet turns gray! Look, they shiver as they caddy—teeth a-chatter as they play! They will want their beer to-day? After this you bet they will! Ab, how bitterly they laughed! For, ‘tis needless quite to say, They've been caddying for ing for... ot They've been caddy- comicbooks.com