Life, 1912-07-25 · page 14 of 41
Life — July 25, 1912 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine features a cross-section illustration of a hotel building with multiple rooms showing various activities and guests. The main cartoon depicts "Irate Mr. Turtle" complaining to hotel management about noise disturbances—crickets overhead, a woodpecker on one side, a katydid on the other, and general musical chaos from other guests, forcing him to seek another hotel. Below are three separate comic vignettes with dialogue: 1. **"A President Worth While"** - jokes about presidential qualities 2. **"Particular"** - a detective and crook exchange about honesty and self-respect 3. **"We've All Been There"** - a boy and man discuss swimming in cold water The humor relies on wordplay, everyday social situations, and gentle satire typical of early 20th-century American humor magazines. No specific political figures appear identifiable.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
a a (Caves tel Irate Mr. Turtle: WWAT WITH CRICKETS OVERHEAD, A WOODPECKER ON ONE SIDE, A KATYDID ON THE OTHER, BULLFROGS BELOW, AND ALL MUSICAL, I MUST TRY ANOTHER HOTEL. A President Worth While Particular We've All Been There “TIS casy enough to be President ETECTIVE: Hey, you, why don’t M4 (to boy in swimming) : If the When another man sits in the chair, yer speak as yer go by? water's so cold, why don’t you But the fellow worth while Crook: Well, “searg,” on de level, come out? Is the one who can smile I'm honest now—an’ I'm beginning to Boy: Oh, I want to get some other When he himself is there! git some self-respect! fool to come in! comicbooks.com