Life, 1910-04-14 · page 11 of 44
Life — April 14, 1910 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains practical gardening and nature advice rather than political satire. The main sections include: **"How to Know the Wild Grafters"** — educational content about grafting plants, describing how grafters were "carefully nurtured" specimens that should be preserved. **"We Should Like to See"** — a brief section criticizing newspaper headline writers for sensationalism and false stories. **"For Amateurs"** — spring gardening tips for planting sunflowers, sweet peas, and other flowers. **The illustration** titled "The First Peas" depicts children discovering or harvesting pea plants in a domestic garden setting. This appears to be a straightforward lifestyle/home-and-garden feature rather than political or social satire, typical of Life magazine's broader content mix during this era.
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How to Know the Wild Grafters By ouR RAFT domestic, many of hot-house variety, carefully nurtured and protected by the government. Now, on account of the hard times, they wild. Many of them, under strict inves- tion, have been confined, but the are still to be seen in NATURE EXPERT ie highly the RS were at one them of ‘all best specimens the open A grafter may be known in three ways —by his nerve, which is seen in all the daz- money, colors of the rainbow, frequently zling in its brilliancy; by his which is openly displayed and is sh in many unusual and striking form by the odor of gasoline, which is always present where there are grafters. The grafter as a rule flour- A pleasant secure fro the government a package of holly shock sceds and see whether they will be morning they occupation is to lettuce or glories when come up. Don’t forget your corn. ears in the rear under the sprinkle freely with pepper and sal Wistaria, sumac and wild carrots look best in groups. Plant them inches apart to allow for sunlight. your bulbs. The season will come later. We Should Like to See A the headline writers put under bonds to make their hea faithfully reflect the the text that follows them All intentional purveyors of false stories to newspapers sent to suitable jails for suitable terms, Plant the clothesline ; about six Save electric light dlines sense of Tempted HE saw it in the She went inside the door, window, She stood before the morror And liked it more and more She asked the price Looked at her w ‘m late then lied for my appointment, And quickly got outside. All night she saw the vision dance before her eyes, Herself t mirror And on ere in the er puffs the pi matters scarf, or ja Or gh ‘Twill Bur ¢ ves, or this or that ke my bott Eas! 's my MAN in love is a man of mystery even to himself ishes best in a soil of fran- chises, politics and govern- ment control, where the irri- gation is plentiful. He has no special season for fruit but blossoms continuously. The grafter flourishes in all countries and climes, but the city offers the best soil. He requires little cultivation and is very hardy, Shoots from Wall Street grafters have been planted in the remotest coun- try districts and have never failed to take root. bearing For Amateurs OW is the time to plant your sunflowers, ver- benas and chickweed. Put the sunflowers on the front lawn d the chickweed and benas near the garage. Sprinkle freely with gasoline. Put geraniums around the cellar windows, where they will get the spring glow from the furnace fire. ver- TH FIRST DEAN comicbooks.com