Life, 1910-09-29 · page 12 of 40
Life — September 29, 1910 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page contains two distinct satirical pieces: **"Rough Riding on the Planes"** (top left): A cartoon depicting a figure riding in an unconventional vehicle, likely satirizing extravagant or wasteful spending—possibly related to government expenditures or wealthy excess during the period. **"Wanted: A King"** (bottom): This article argues that America needs a king to manage its finances, satirizing the difficulty of governing the country and raising taxes. The piece suggests that maintaining a modern monarch would be cheaper than current administrative costs. **Right illustration**: Shows figures caught in rain without shelter, captioned "Look at those idiots. They don't know enough to come up out of the rain," apparently satirizing public ignorance or foolishness. The overall theme critiques American governance, fiscal mismanagement, and public behavior during what appears to be the early 20th century.
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“L. I'P"e * It has never heen denied that Kings cost money. On the other hand, a King that doesn’t cost money is little better than a Jack, and is not worth having. No more can it be denied that we Americans have been proud, often- times when there was no reason for it. If we could not do a thing right we wouldn't do it at all The whole truth of the matter is, therefore, that we weren't in a shape just then to keep a King any more than the average young married couple can keep an automobile. We are just getting a start. We hated to offer some hody the job and then stint him. Rut now that is all changed. We are rich—rich to a fault. We can afford the best King in the business. A nation that can afford the Philippines and Wall Street and the Steel Trust can afford anything. We can furnish a King with summer residences, winter residences and mountain lodges; with yachts, motors, Pullmans and divorces; in short, with all modern improve- ments, including electric call-buttons in the dining-room, L ‘umb-waiters, janitors and vacuum-cleaners Any King who is temporarily out of a job will do well to - apply at once. State age, qualifications, how many times mar ried, length of time in last position, why idle and salary ex- | peeted. Morals no object. \ ( A & an Renee ROUGIE RIDING ON THE PLANES Life’s Fresh Air Fund , Veevios of } 171 Live's Circulati 10.00 Cash 13.00 $06.59 On Reading Current Literature | NO om esd tat month's magazine or yester: paper. ‘The mere thought produces a kind of mental shrinking. Yet with undiminished hope, we look forward ex- heetantly to the fleeting typography of to-morrow. * One of the irritating things about current lite reading is the fact that we cannot correct anything. In a column of advice in a woman's magazine there may be nine mith, our next zhbor, may have had trouble with his wife and the y's news- ure in the errors, but we can do nothing about it. Or door ni papers yet it all wrong—it is all the same. When one reflects upon this extraordinary trait of human nature, which demands faulty language, hasty statements and news about things which have no possible interest beyond the | moment, and considers also that this sort of thing takes up | almost all of the leisure time of millions of “highly civil- ized "* people— } Well, isn't it amazing? j Wanted: A King | HERE are two important misunderstandings now current. | One is tha: we practically have a King in this country at the present time. The other is that we do not want a King This is due to misinformed historians j OF course we want a King. Just because our constitu- 1 fathers discharged a non-resident incumbent proves no! question. It was not democracy j that inspired them to omit this necessary adjunct to any decent, self-respecting wor -power. They were inspired rather by feeling that the country was so new that taxes were so hard to raise as to make experiment ex “100K AT THOSE IDIOTS, THEY DON’T kK: ceedingly doubtful UP OUT OF THF, RAIN.” \ comicbooks.com