Life, 1910-05-12 · page 40 of 44
Life — May 12, 1910 — page 40: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes **advertisements** with **literary satire and sports humor**. The main content is "The Literary Zoo," a satirical piece mocking contemporary poets by suggesting they should be imprisoned to inspire genius. It names real poets (Clinton Scollard, Richard Le Gallienne, Alfred Austin, Edwin Markham, Rudyard Kipling) and ironically proposes punishments—imprisonment, transportation, life sentences—claiming that confinement sparked poetic creativity in an unnamed "Alias Carter." Below that, "Shakespeare on Baseball" is a clever humor piece matching Shakespearean quotes to baseball terminology, creating puns. Lines like "Now you strike like the blind man" (Much Ado) and "A hit, a hit, a very palpable hit!" (Hamlet) show how Shakespeare's language coincidentally fits baseball language. The advertisements feature Maillard's Cocoa and a C.M.C. garter product, typical early-20th-century magazine filler. A book announcement for "Mary Cary" appears at bottom.
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