Life, 1910-07-14 · page 11 of 40
Life — July 14, 1910 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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The page contains three distinct sections: **"Teddiana" (left column):** Discusses Theodore Roosevelt's advocacy for large families and the strain on ordinary men's finances and energy. It's satirical commentary on Roosevelt's public statements about population and masculinity. **"On Shipboard" (right column):** A brief dialogue joke about a mental healer offering prayers during rough seas. **"Socialism" (center-right):** Critiques the Socialist Party's recent electoral gains, arguing they've identified problems but lack solutions. It suggests the Republican Party should address issues proactively to prevent further Socialist gains. **Bottom illustration:** A cartoon showing dogs in suits, captioned about getting a suit "before the doctors pick you up"—likely satirizing hypochondria or medical pretension. The page reflects early 20th-century American political anxieties about Socialism and social reform.
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sTastems WHEN WOMAN COMES INTO HER OWN Teddiana E has often said—he said it last to the Cambridge (Eng- land) undergraduates—that he is just an ordinary man, with abilities that are not rare, and that anybody who would take the trouble could do about what he has done. He also continues to advocate reasonably large families. These two preachments don’t go well together. If he is an ordinary man one male child to every five or ten mar- ses is plenty. More than that would crowd the carth, so that there would not be room on it to raise the animals neces- sary to keep the ordinary men amused and exercised. Ordinary folks like the Colonel need lots of room. But, of course, he is imperfectly ordinary. One can understand what he means about the quality of his talents. They are plain, every-day talents, and the reason he has made so much of them is that he has hustled them so hard. But he docs not appreciate his dynamo, and how entirely out of ordinary it is. He can keep on working at high speed day after day for long periods of time. A fairly wise man who can do that ought to get anything in reason that he wants. Most men can’t do it. They have to stop and rest and accumulate some more energy. Life and effort have made the Coloncl, just as they have always made all considerable men, but his advantage has been that he could live the life and sustain the effort He had the entrails for the enterprise—most men haven't. But what's the use of talking about that man! When you get through there’s just as much to say as when you began We-all are Sisyphus and he is the rock of our conversation ISS PASSAY is furious with that society reporter.”” “Why so?”? “He published the announcement of her approaching wed- ding under the column headed ‘Late Engagements.’ ”* On Shipboard ENTAL HEALER: Do you want our prayers? Seasick Mx, Newrnovent; Just a few silent waves is all I ask. Socialism O less a person than President Taft bas recently said that Socialism has become, or is about to become, a problem, adding incidentally that the Republican party alone is fit to solve it. We have too many problems already and all of them are unsolved. Accordingly, Socialism has no right to thrust it- self upon us at this time, There may be optimists, however, who can conjure up a more hopeful view of the predicament. They may adopt the more-the-merrier theory and maintain that, in a multiplicity of problems, one more could make but little difference, and that one of these days, when we have thoroughly worked ourselves up to the proper problem-solving, mental, moral and physical attitude, we will go at the job wholesale and stay at it until all the knots are untangled, be they one or fifty. “SAY, OLD BOY, YOU WOULD BETTER GET ONE OF THESE SUITS BEFORE THE DOCTORS PICK You UP." comicbooks.com