Life, 1910-09-22 · page 17 of 40
Life — September 22, 1910 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This satirical page contains three distinct pieces: **"Trugh, Tugh Trugh"** mocks an artist named Hugh whose realistic paintings ("trugh") lack refinement—specifically, he drew the goddess Aphrodite without beauty ("nite"), causing an uproar ("hullaballugh"). The crude rhyme scheme itself parodies doggerel verse. **"Comparative Hardiness"** references August 25, likely 1914 (during World War I's opening). The German Emperor and an unnamed American Colonel both made bold speeches. While Berlin stocks fell the next day, New York stocks rose—suggesting American financial resilience and confidence contrasted with German instability. The satire praises American toughness. **"Complications"** draws a historical parallel: just as Alexander Hamilton's ambition split the Federalist Party in the early 1800s, similar power struggles are now dividing the Republican Party. The point: it's dangerous for a party when one dominant figure (likely Theodore Roosevelt, recently split from Republicans) becomes too powerful. The top illustration shows ladies fawning over an uncomfortable boy, satirizing excessive sentimentality or flattery.
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Chorus of Ladies: 1sx't ue CUTE? WHAT LoveLy EvEs! Tuo SWPET FO ANYTHING! PERFECTLY ANGELIC! WoN’T you GIVE MEA KISS? Boy (to himself): cee! wuat a musity Buxen! Trugh, Tugh Trugh HERE was a young artist named Hugh, Whose pictures were certainly trugh: But he drew Aphrodite Without any nite, And raised quite a hullaballugh Comparative Hardiness N August 25 both the German Emperor and our Colonel spoke to their respective peoples. Both spoke their minds with old-time candor. Next day stocks fell in Berlin, but in New York they went up. In the matter of recuperative power the Germans haven't anything on us. We, too, are tough, hardy folks Complications OHN ADAMS and others hated Hamilton uncontrollably J because Hamilton couldn't keep his hands off of other folks’ jobs. Hamilton felt himself to be the brains of the Federal Government and in or out of office usually behaved accordingly. Resentments not unlike those that split and killed the Federalist party are hatching fast in the Republican party. It is hard ona party to raise too big a man. HERE'S no place like home—when you want to raise enough money on mortgage to get an automobile. JOINING THE LADIES AFTER DINNER