Life, 1909-12-30 · page 9 of 29
Life — December 30, 1909 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two satirical cartoons about American politics circa 1910: **Top cartoon** ("The Unexpected Visit"): Depicts rural farmers proudly displaying their daughter's theatrical success to visitors, suggesting tension between traditional rural values and urban entertainment culture. **Bottom cartoon** ("Time's Taxicab"): A timeline spanning 1909-1910 showing a motorcar labeled with a winged emblem. The dialogue humorously depicts someone seeking employment as an aeronautics expert, with another figure boasting about his aviation knowledge—satirizing the era's fascination with newly-invented aircraft as a status symbol. The accompanying article discusses Herbert Croly and Jefferson's relevance to contemporary Democrats, comparing historical and modern political figures. The page reflects early-20th-century anxieties about technological change, rural-urban divides, and political identity.
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THE UNEXPECTED VISIT UNTIL Jefferson R. HERBERT CROLY, the author M of a somewhat over-extensive vol- ume on © Promise of Ameri Life,” is of opinion that Jeffersonian Democracy is out of date. Jefierson has now been the prophet of the Democratic party for more than a century, ne of the stood for are imperishable, they would have gone up spout long ago There are about six million Demoer, voters in the country and they all swear by him. Among them all there are per- haps five or six individuals who know what his ideas were, how many of them ideas he otherwise THE OLD FOLKS ON THE FARM WERE VERY PROUD OF THEIR DAUGHTER'S SUCCESS ON THE STAGE he ever tried to live up to, and how many of them flunked absolutely in prac- tice A somewhat less blind citation of Jef- ferson would be becoming to contenpo- He is a great figure in American history, but in contemporary American politics his chief value is his rary Democrats usefulness as a fetich It is time the Democrats got a new prophet love nowada: bracket Jefferson with Lincotn. They were both great men and patriots, but in his politi- cal theories Jefferson was a populist, TIME’S TAXICAB 941 whereas Lincoln was a nationalist. They are not very close mates when hitched up together, nor would they have been on the sa ide in the Civil War. Perpetual Motion HE budding author writes, and hav- ing writ Keeps on; nor all the skill nor all the wit Of luckless editors—submerged beneath of manusevipts—can make him quit! ET us not be unduly pained over this petty polar The chers have been quarreling for cen- controversy turies over who discovered Heaven and still we have to die to settle it. falta, JomN Pt A CHORUS ciRL, EM? NOW 1 THE RENT MONEY Gors. KNOW WHERE “IT WANT a aeroplane n who knows all about dis sober.” “I'm just the man you are looking for, sir. Haven't taken a drop in three years.” comicbooks.com