Life, 1912-06-06 · page 47 of 56
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a large advertisement for the Angelus player piano, promoting its ability to accompany singers and dancers without requiring a skilled pianist. The only political content is a brief section titled "Mark Twain's Prophecy," which references a manuscript discovered after Twain's 1911 death. The text claims Twain predicted President **Theodore Roosevelt** would attempt a political comeback around 1912 (after leaving office in 1909). Twain allegedly described Roosevelt as a crushing burden—comparing him gravitationally to an object weighing 217 pounds on Earth but 6,000 pounds on the sun. The satire here targets Roosevelt's political ambitions through Twain's metaphor of oppressive weight. Smaller ads for **Calox tooth powder** and the British humor magazine **Punch** round out the page.
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