Life, 1912-08-15 · page 30 of 40
Life — August 15, 1912 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and light humor** rather than political satire. The content includes: **Main items:** 1. **"Burial of a Lone Bull Moose"** — A poem likely referencing Theodore Roosevelt's failed 1912 Progressive "Bull Moose" presidential campaign. The text suggests burying the movement and avoiding discussion of Roosevelt's tenure, scandals (Panama Canal matters, Mrs. Storer affair), and trust-busting efforts. It's a satirical eulogy treating the political movement as dead. 2. **Product advertisements** — Standard period ads for toothsoap, complexion cream, and patent medicines occupying most space. 3. **Brief humor items** — "Natural Selection" jokes about forgiving stronger enemies; "Why She Thought So" about a child catching her sister in a lie; immigration/farmer anecdotes. The page is essentially a typical **early-1910s Life magazine layout** mixing satirical political commentary with commercial advertising. The Roosevelt reference is the only substantive political content.
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Positive Delight to Brush the Teeth ms with Arnica Tooth Soap. It sterilizcs the mouth, tive produces a delightful sense of cleanliness that cannot be obtained with pastes, powders or washes, Strong’s Arnica Tooth Soap (Cleanser and Mouth Wash in One) Natural Selection When we decide to forgive our enemies we generally begin with those who are higger and stronger than we are. —Chicago Record-Herald, CREMALPINA—The no grease complexion cream. Best perfumed. Sample for 2e. stamp. Antonio Leza, Box 721, Havana, Cuba. Why She Thought So +LIFE: “Mamma,” said the little girl, ister doesn’t tell the truth.” “Why, Jenn said the mother, “you mustn't say such thing: “Well, last night I heard her say, “Charlie, if you do that again I'll call mamm: And he did it twice more and she didn’t call."—Ladies’ Home Journal. Ina Pinch, ase ALLE Essential to Success Lambert Kaspers, Chicago attorney, told the following story at a recent Y. M. C. A. banquet: A Kansas farmer, 4 you satisfied the gen- eral conditions of the countr “Yas,” drawled the Dane. “Docs the government suit you?” queried the judge. “Yas, yas, only I would like to sce more rain,” replied the farmer. —Chicago Tribune. | Sliced Oranges with a dash of Abbott's Bitters are appe- | tizing and healthful, Sample of bitters by mail. 2s cts. in stamps. | C.W. Abbott & Co., Baltimore. Md. Burial of a Lone Bull Moose Yes, bury him deep, the lone Bull Moose, Both his horns and his hoofs and his hide. Lay him away in a calm, quiet spot, With the big stick close by his side Make not a sound to disturb his repose Or refer to his last sad foray ; Plant his rough rider hat with his other old clothes And leave him alone in his glory. We will not refer to the New York cam- paign Or the later affair at Chicago. From the Panama matter we'll kindly refrain, On Mrs. Storer we'll place an embargo. Of the Sugar and Steel Trusts no men- tion we'll make. Nor refer to the Harriman letter; But in silence and sorrow our leave we will take, Of such things the less said the better. We'll silently watch them lay him away Without prejudice, envy or bias, We'll think a whole lot, though nothing we'll say, We brothers of old Ananias. No reveling sounds will mark our retreat, Nor tears for the hopes that were blighted, But we'll kick up the dust with shuffling feet And away we will hurry de —G. R. Clarke in ww York Times. “A Grass of beer is the most tem- perate drink.” “ How so?" “You never sce one full.” Spirit Review. Through all the changing scenes of life—its joys, its successes, its never-ending round of work and play— one thing appeals always to the man who knows Od “so t00 mn A satisfying drink 7 —the rye of an. cestral worth. Distilled “MURRAY &LANMAN'S Florida Water For fully a century the world has delighted in the use of this matchless toilet per- fume. It is found on dressing- tables and in the bath room and nursery, in every land. Its fame is universal. Lanman & Kem 13S Wat 2nd Large Printing “IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO RECOMMEND THIS BOOK, BUT WE BEG THE READER TO READ SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY, TO REALIZE APPRE- CIATIVELY THE ENTIRE CHARM OF A REFRESHINGLY DELICIOUS . STORY. —Literary Digest. Ghe Recording Angel By CORRA HARRIS Atuthor of ‘* The Circuit Rider's Wife,”* Etc. AT ALL BOOKSHOPS Sicutseer: Why do you call this “ Aviation Inn?” Rurvus: Y’ ought t’ see the flies around here in summer.—New York Globe. Caroni Bitters, Have stood the test of time. — Firstin the field, stillleading, Satisfy yourself—we know. Oct. C. Blache & Co., 78 Broad St., New York, Gen'l Distrs. A irtie lad was found on the street crying very bitterly because his cart was broken. The kindly disposed stranger en- deavored to cheer up the little fellow by saying: “Never mind, my boy. your father can casily mend that.” “No he can't,” sobbed the boy.“ My father is a preacher, and don't know about anything."—Coming Nation. comicboolhts 18 |