Life — April 25, 1912 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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-LIFE: 863 An Auto Soliloquy T° buy, or not to buy: that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of motoring friends, ur to take arms against a sea of dealers, And by buying end it?) To buy: to drive ) drive: perchance to speed: ay, there’s the rub: rin that speed of joy what things may come— Phe punctured tire, the battered car, a wreck, he broken head and bones,—and bills and bills! And if not this, e’en yet it takes a flow if dollars to keep the thing in shape to go, And at the best a stall in noontide sun, ie midnight hours, afar from man or beast Ih puzales the will, for yet we ponder o'er he joys of motoring; and the ills we have, \nd those we fly to, fade away ys does the sport make motorists of us all, nd soon oF late our resolutions come to naught Helen Sta Did you B \KER: So you voted the Republican ticket. find their arguments stronger? hacker: Yes, about five dollars stronger. “UP AGAINST IT” Who Will Be Our Next President ? Prominent Ladies E: here Are Agitated on the Subject HE absorbing question as to who shall be our next President is still agitating woman suffrage circles all over the country, Many candidates are already contesting for the high hono Nothing, however, can be settled at present until the time and fe of the conventions are known, At first it was thought there would be only two parties, a pro-suffra- gette and an anti-suffragette, and that the conventions would meet in New York, but there are calls from vari- ous parts of the countr: nd it also seems probable that separate candidates will be put up by various organiza- tions. “ Never,” passionately exclaimed a prominent: member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, “ will we endorse any other candidate than our own. We must posi- tively know that our candidate does not smoke cigarettes, and we cannot know this unless we have followed her closely and seen her inner life. For this reason we shall put up one of our own members. At present it looks as if there would be from fifty to one hundred candidates in the field. The Confederation of Woman's Clubs will undoubtedly have its own candi- dates. Our correspondent in St. Louis called upon a prominent member of the Confederation yesterd “Are you a candidate?” “Tam if my country needs me. I am in the hands of my friends.” It is not improbable that a dark horse will rise at the last moment. Maxine Elliott is talked of. Both Republican and Democratic parties have been completely demoralized since the announcement in a re- cent issue of Lire that there would be several women can- didates. “Tm glad I'm out of it,” said Joe Cannon, “ Of course everybody has seen this thing coming. I have always claimed that the women could have anything they wanted. With a woman in the White House, and a female Cabinet, we ought to command the respect of the world.” The actual candidates in the field, so far as we were able to ascertain at the hour of going to press last night, are from twelve to fifteen in number. We expect to an- nounce their names very soon. Lire’s own candidate is still in doubt. For the benefit of those who are thinking of running, we give the follow- ing requirements Our candidate for the Presidency must be a handsome, weil-formed woman, splendidly preserved, and of an affectionate but extremely ified disposition. She must be used to wearing the best clothes. We believe in simplicity, but we insist upon style. The great- est nation on earth must not be governed by a dowd. She may wear rats in her hair, but not too many comicbooks.com