Life, 1911-12-14 · page 23 of 40
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**Political Content ("Wilson Not Hurt"):** Governor Wilson of New Jersey faced what appeared to be a setback when the state legislature's lower house went Republican. However, the article argues this wasn't actually harmful to Wilson. The real story: machine politicians Smith and Nugent, who opposed Wilson, had put up anti-Wilson candidates. Those candidates lost, and enough Republicans were elected instead—meaning Wilson benefited from a rebuke to political machine bosses, not a personal defeat. **Social Satire (Bottom Section):** Two brief jokes appear. The "Intensive Farming" exchange mocks a wealthy man (Wanderspoke) who bought a New England farm expecting to raise "theories"—satirizing impractical idealism. The "Aldrich" joke about elastic currency uses a rubber-band metaphor to suggest financial schemes depend on who "lets go first"—implying instability or manipulation. **Visual Content:** Two illustrations accompany the text, depicting domestic interior scenes typical of Life's period humor.
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1097 Wilson Not Hurt THE lower branch of the Le; gislature in New Jersey lately went Republican, and that seemed a setback for Gov- ernor Wilson. In truth, an- other rebuke to machine bosses underlies the situation. Smith and Nugent, vehement oppo- nents of the Governor, control County. y put up Ison assemblymen, their ndidates were beaten and enough Republicans clected to give a Republican majority in the Assembly. That is not the sort of setback that will do Governor Wilson any harm, Intensive Farming RIGGS: I sce that Wander- spoke has bought a farm in New En; id. Gru What does he ex- pect to raise? THE LITTLE CAKES YOUR HOSTESS MADE HERSELF * Theories.” by a mid-nineteenth century mind that was the chief attraction and the most valuable content of the author's carlier work. One docs not like to hear that a friend has indigestion. Still less does one like to hear that a friend has spirit- ual indigestion, Least of all does one like to hear that a friend has nervous spiritual indigestion, that one is partly responsible for the and that the result promises to prove fatal. But there appears to be nothing to do about it. n Affair of Dishonor” left us in doubt as to whether it was an carly work that ante author's inspira late work that heralded that inspiration’s exhaustion. ‘An Apology in Confidence” makes the first hy pothesis untenable. “A Likely Story” es to the second an unwelcome but tion, or a inescapable air of likelihood J. B. Kerfoot. RIGGS: What 1s this scheme of Al- drich’s for an elastic currency? Grices: Did you ever take hold of a rubber band with another man and pull it out? “No. What happens?” Well, it depends on who lets go “DEAR ME! 1 WONDER WHAT BECAME OF MY NOTES FOR TO- first.” MORKOW’S SERMON” comicbooks.com