Life, 1912-10-24 · page 41 of 48
Life — October 24, 1912 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page primarily features **political satire targeting Theodore Roosevelt**. The "New National Hymn" poem mocks Roosevelt's repeated claims he wouldn't run for president again, sarcastically suggesting his denials were "bluff" and that he can't resist stirring up political turmoil. The verse ridicules his domineering personality ("Rule with an iron rod") and his apparent disregard for others' concerns ("don't give a cuss"). This satirizes Roosevelt's actual political maneuvering around 1912 when he broke with his successor Taft to run again as a Progressive candidate—contradicting his earlier pledge not to seek another term. The page also includes period advertisements (Hamilton Watch, Old Overholt whiskey) and unrelated humor pieces about rural education and religious beliefs, which were typical Life magazine filler content. The Roosevelt satire would resonate with contemporary readers familiar with his political drama but requires modern context to fully understand the specific grievances.
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New National Hymn Our guardian Theodore. Candidate evermore, Of him we hear No let up day or night; No rest, however sligh The Train Dis- patcher and the Hamilton Watch If you want your watch to be unusu- ally accurate, don’t you think that the kind of a watch this man de- pends upon would be the kind to buy? Lord, help us in our plight And steer us clear No matter though he said He never could be led To run again; We now krow it was bluff Or some such other stuft As guff or puff or flutt In his brain He could no more keep out ma spout i floods behind ; Always and ever thus He will stir up a muss, Turmoil and strife and fuss, HE man inthe For he's that kind. picture is J. W. Leaman, Train Dispatcher on the Penn- sylvania Railroad at Harris- burg, Pennsylvania. Note the telephone apparatus affixed Stealing’s a sin, said he, Unies it's done by mo— Then it’s all right, I'm the whole thing, you see! My hat’s in the ring, by gee! ready to his mouth and ear, the “train sheet”’ on his desk and the Hamilton Watch in his hand. ‘4 amiltondate Vict'ry will swing to me— I'm here to fight. Lord rest the rest of us— T. R. don't give a cuss For anything His wish to ride roughshod, Rule with an iron rod, Put focs beneath the sod, And be our ki 1, HLN., in the N. “The Railroad Timekeeper of America’’ Evening Sun, Over one-half (almost 569%) of the Engineers, Firemen, Conductors and Trainmen on American Railroads maintain- ing Official Time Inspection carry the Hamilton Watch. for your present watch case for from $12.25 to $60.00. Hamilton Watchesare made in all standard watch sizes, timed and adjusted in the cases at the factory, prices $38.50 to $125.00. Your jeweler can supply a Hamilton Movement Hamilton models. HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY, Lancaster, Pennsylvania rer =—<———n= Pea ey a a IO Old Overholt Rye “Same for 100 years It had a place on the side- boards of old-time mansions. It’s a whiskey of pedigree. Full, rich body; exquisite flavor and fragrance. Aged in ed oak bar- rels; bottled in bond. A. Overholt & Co. Pittsburgh. Pa. Teaching the Young Idea How to Shoot A keen-cyed, but obviously scantily educated mountaineer led his gawky, over-grown son into a country school house “This here boy's arter larnin’,” he an- nounced. “ What's yer bill 0” fare?” “Our curriculum, sit,” corrected the schoolmaster, “embraces geography, physiology, arithmetic, algebra, trigon- ometry— “That'll do,” interrupted the father. 2069 “That'll do. Load him up heavily with trig mel e's the only poor shot in the family ‘outh’s: Companion. Three men were talkin ut their ious beliefs the other evening am a Unitarian and proud of it,” said the first “Tam a Catholic, born and bred.” the second The third looked at the other two with an expression of contempt and shouted : “Tam an atheist, thank heaven!” —Ch land Plain CD comicbooks.com