Life, 1911-01-19 · page 25 of 44
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This page contains four distinct satirical pieces: **"As to Fortifying the Canal"**: Commentary on a debate over Panama Canal defense. The piece mocks Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (implied as "disLodged"), suggesting better critics like Moorfield Storey or Louis Brandeis could replace him. Storey opposes fortification, believing disarmament demonstrates moral leadership; admirals counter that naval defense is preferable. **The antiques shop cartoon**: A man sitting outside an antique store, captioned about "kind an' consid'rate" pavements. Likely satirizes antiquated attitudes or comfort in modern society. **"Ups and Downs of the Puritan"**: Mocks navy inefficiency. A worthless monitor ship is sunk for explosive experiments, then expensively salvaged ($23,000) for raising-sunken-ships experiments, with repairs potentially costing $145,000-$250,000—satirizing wasteful military spending and circular reasoning. **"The Referendum"**: Criticizes referendum democracy as corrupted by political bosses who deliberately confuse issues, making voters' true intent unknowable.
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As to Fortifying the Canal the present Senior Senator from I Massachusetts should be disLodged, what a grand thing it would be for sport to have Mr. Moorficld Storey for his successor ! Mr. Storey ought to be a Senator. So should Mr. Charles Francis Adams. So should Mr. Brandeis, Massachusetts, for that matter, ought to have more seats in the Senate. So good a line of qualified critics she has ready to file in and take them. Mr. Storey says we ought not to for- tify the Panama Canal. He considers that there is no need of it, and that, fur- ther, “ we ought no longer to live in the expectation of conflict with other coun- tries. It is our part, he considers, to take the lead in disarmament, because no other nation is so weli situated to do ne Admirals Dewey and Evans are of Mr. Storey’s opinion about not fortifying the Canal, but they say, Make the Navy de- fend it! Which means, presumably, that they would rather spend the money in ships than in land defenses. Mr. Storey’s idea is that if we fortify the “NOW THIS 18 WHAT I CALL KIND AN’ CONSID'RATE. -LIFE- Canal we shall lose the chance to make it “the greatest instrument of perma- nent peace that we possess in any quar- ter of the world.” There scems to be two sides to this question, One would like a recommen- dation from The Hague about it. Fail- ing that, perhaps Mr. Root will make a specch about it in the Senate. Ups and Downs of the Puritan ‘HERE was an old monitor, the Puri- tan, which wasn’t much good, and the navy gentlemen allowed that she would make a suitable corpus vile for experiments with explosive gelatine. So the experiments went forward, and the Puritan went to the cottom of Chesapeake Bay. And then the navy gentlemen al- lowed that the sunken Puritan would make a good corpus vile for an experi- ment in raising sunken monitors, so a wrecking company has contracted to bring her up and fetch her, afloat, to the Norfolk navy yard for $23,000. Next may follow an experiment in repairs to a monitor damaged by ex- plosive gelatine, and the experts guess THEA PAVEMENTS CERTAINLY IS HARD ON THE FEET.” AIR CASTLES that that might cost from $145,000 to $250,000. No doubt it’s all right, but those navy gentlemen zealous! aren't Degenerate Joys The exact method by which Dr. Carrel keeps the heart and body of a dog alive and separated from each other will be made pub lic some day. Although the work is still in its infancy, Dr. Carrel has advanced mar- velously.—Evening Telegraph. “QTILL in its infancy” is good—as applying to the brain of Dr. Car- rel. Dr. Carrel’s experiments are of the same value to humanity as transplanting the ears of an orphan onto the tail of a dog. We say “orphan,” because or- phans and dogs being both sensitive and helpless, are appreciated by — experi- menters, The Referendum ‘L T the people speak,” reformers aid, “The only antidote For the poison of corruption is the people's aye or nay.” But the bosses mixed the issues, ere the people came to vote, Till you couldn't tell to save you what the people meant to say. comicbooks.com