Life, 1912-05-23 · page 10 of 44
Life — May 23, 1912 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct sections: **"A Passage at Arms"** presents a satirical attack on President Roosevelt, with the author (identified only as "Taft") claiming Roosevelt is a dangerous "blanketty-blank" threat to the country. The critique focuses on Roosevelt's allegedly aggressive temperament and willingness to attack anyone. **"Hens"** discusses scientific experiments in Kansas and Missouri studying chicken behavior and psychology, including an egg-laying contest. This appears to be genuine scientific reporting rather than satire. The page also contains two illustrations: one showing people startled by a train ("A Shock from the Third Rail") and another depicting a humorous domestic scene with a child warning his mother about a snake. The political content reflects early 20th-century debates about Roosevelt's presidency and temperament.
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LIFE'S GARDEN African Daisy Poppy Marigold A Passage At Arms OOSEVELT: I am unqualifiedly for a “square deal,” and, furthermore, it is my unswervable policy never to say aught against anyone or anything without, at the same time, saying something in his or its favor; but, in spite of all that, I must say that this man Taft is a blankety: unmentionable — blank blankety, and even worse than that, Tart: I pride myself on my sweet disposition, my care- fully poised dignity and my judicial temperament. Fur- thermore, I never deal in personalities, but, however, I can truthfully state that this man Roosevelt is positively the most -excessive blankety- ‘blank person. that has ever threatened the country. Hens THE truth about hens—why some are helpful, others hopeless—perhaps will be the next notable achieve- ment of Science. How any fact can escape this time is hard to imagine. Kansas, from the one side, has sur- rounded Hen Truth to make it surrender important psychological information; Missouri, from the other, has begun to study the subject physiologically and has ar- ranged an egg-laying contest at the Mountain Grove poultry experiment station, which began on the first of last September and which is to run a year, The investigator in Kansas is a Junior in the State University, taking work A SHOCK FROM THE THIRD RAIL Mint Passion Flower Sugar Cane in the psychological laboratory. He reports these inter- esting discoveries: 1. Chickens do not care for a crowd, yet abhor being alone. 2. Intelligent chickens have both mind and memory. 3. They also have an ability to distinguish color grades. That's the way with these collegiate scientists! They leave us with principles barren of practical value. What we most long to know is what color to paint the border of the flower beds to cause the xsthetic eye of intelligent hens to turn to other fields and remember ours with aversion, Reforming the Express Companies EXTENSIVE preparations seem to be making by the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate certain practises of the express companies. While these correc- tive measures seem in themselves to be all right, as far as they go, we find it difficult to grow enthusiastic over them. It seems too much like begging the question. The question is: Shall we have a parcels post? Bobby: o-on! Mama! HERE'S A LITTLE GREEN SNAKE! Mama: KeeP AWAY FROM IT, DEAR, IT MAY RE JUST AS DANGEROUS AS A RIPE ONE. comicbooks.com