Life, 1910-04-28 · page 28 of 40
Life — April 28, 1910 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains three distinct humor pieces: **"Lauder on the Links"** presents contrasting golf poems—one celebrating a "brassie" (golf club) with skill, the other lamenting poor play. The dual perspective satirizes golfers' tendency to blame equipment rather than ability. **"All Alone"** mocks President Theodore Roosevelt's self-aggrandizing Spanish-American War stories. His young son Kermit's innocent question—asking if his father needed help defeating Spain—undercuts Roosevelt's boasting by suggesting the conflict required minimal effort or assistance. **"Ignorant Unbeliever"** uses a barber-shop anecdote to satirize atheists as intellectually shallow. An atheist's crude materialism (prioritizing meat-eating over philosophical conviction) is presented as proof of general ignorance. The page also features a **Locomobile automobile advertisement** below, showing a car at an estate entrance. All three humor pieces employ gentle mockery of contemporary figures and attitudes—golfers, political leaders, and religious skeptics—typical of *Life*'s satirical approach.
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Lauder on the Links (AtLecRo) I love my brassie, My bonnie bulger brassie, It’s the finest club that ever yet was seen, Over ev'ry bunker sailing With energy unfailing It lands my Dunlop deftly on the green. I love my brassie When the lie is not too grassy, Or obstructed by the bushes of the whin, And escaping altogether From the pitfall of the heather, I find my ball is lying by the pin. PENSEROSO I loathe my brassie, For I'm not a Braid or Massy— My handicap's a very bad cighteen— And I whack the purple leather For hours and hours together Without ever getting nearer to the green Yes, I loathe my bras My cleek-shots are not classy, Kid: 1t’s A LUCKY THING FOR My putting would demoralize a dean; But for foozling and for fluffing, For slicing, topping, duffing, My brassie play’s the best I've ever seen. —Punch. All Alone An amusing story about Mr. Roosevelt has just become public after many years. Doing the honors at the White House to an English guest, the President regaled the latter with stories of his prowess during the Spanish-American war. Ker- mit, who had been listening attentively to the monologue, finally broke in with the anxious query: “Say, popper, couldn't you get any body to help you lick the Spaniards? "— Wasp. Ignorant Unbeliever. The late Neil Burgess used to clinch with an anecdote his claim that atheists were always ignorant “A coarse, swaggering fellow,’’ he would begin, “ declared in a barber shop: “*T don't believe in no hereafter. You live and die and that’s the end of you.” “*Why, you must be George,’ the barber said. “*Huh, not me,’ was the reply. I'm too fond o° me meat for that.’ "’—IWash- ington Star. a Unitarian, HIM THEY DON’T ADVERTISE ONE-HALF OFF. Tava ls pall Batish Possessions. ‘dvance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Posta Union, 51.003 yeari to Canada, szcents, Single current copies, 10 ceatss Back number after ties Monti rom dite of publication, 2 cents a ; No coutritution wil be returned uniets accompanied by stamped and addressed envelope. digs ast hold itself responsible for the less or nowreturn of ungeiiciled contrisationge ne “Lire is for sale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. ‘The Ineravonal News ick numbers, after three Lire ‘ompany. Breams aeousiy in the United States, Great iritain, Canada and Building, Ch: ery Lane, London, E, C., E rentano's, 17 Ave, del Opera, Paris also at Saarbach’s News Exchanges, I6 John |. W.C., London; 9, Rue St. Georges, Paris; 1, Via Firenze, Milan: Mayence, The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted, For Reprint Rights in Great Britain a; to Lire, 1 Southampton Row, London, We Ce ve ‘ sad Prompt notification should be sent by subscribers of any change of address. comicbooks.com