Life, 1911-03-30 · page 19 of 45
Life — March 30, 1911 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon ("Historic Affinities"):** Depicts Mrs. Hetty Green (famous wealthy businesswoman) reclining luxuriously like Lucullus (ancient Roman known for extravagant feasting), surrounded by servants and opulence. The "historic affinity" satirizes her reputation for extreme wealth and indulgence. **"Sobered":** Mocks William Randolph Hearst's reduced militarism. In 1898, Hearst's papers aggressively pushed war with Spain over Cuba. Now (circa 1910s), with 20,000 troops on the Mexican border, Hearst remains silent—contrasting his earlier warmongering under Roosevelt with current restraint under President Taft. **"Law Question":** References the Hope Diamond scandal involving the McLeans' purchase from Cartier. Satirizes how the jewelry's notoriety generates free advertising despite its "unlucky" reputation. **"Stung":** Simple joke about a child misunderstanding the poem "How Doth the Little Busy Bee"—he knows what the bee *does* rather than the poem itself. **Right cartoon:** Comments on female fear of mice, noting the irony that even powerful beasts fear them.
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HISTORIC AFFINITIES MRS. HETTY GREEN AND LUCULLUS Sobered UST think of it—twenty thousand United States soldiers down on the Mexican border, and pictures of them in all the papers, and the Hearst papers have not yet declared war! Colonel Hearst is not the fire-eater he was in '98, when he poulticed Cuba and brought her troubles to a head just in time for Colonel Roosevelt to lance them. President Taft seems to be in charge of our relations with Mexico. Seems funny, remembering '98, to see the newspa- pers allowing the Government to assume so much responsi- bility! Law Question ROUBLE, the papers say, between the late seller and the reputed buyers of the Hope diamond! Maybe it és unlucky, but it gives off advertisement as ra- dium gives off light, without perceptible diminution to itself. If the McLeans should return the jewel and refuse to pay, could Cartier recover damages for the advertising they de- ducted from it? “ Stung ” EACHER: Tommy, do you know, “ How doth the little busy bee?” WHY RIDICULE WOMAN, WHEN THE LARGEST AND MOST roweER- Tostaty: No; I only know he doth it! FUL BEAST 15 ALSO TERRIFIED AT THE SIGHT OF ONE comicbooks.com