Life, 1913-02-20 · page 19 of 48
Life — February 20, 1913 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon**: "A Suggestion to Husbands Who are Compelled to Smoke Outside" depicts a man forced outdoors to smoke while his wife remains inside—satirizing domestic power dynamics and new anti-smoking restrictions (likely in homes or public spaces). The humor mocks the husband's loss of authority in his own house. **Poem**: "To the Husbandette" by Walter G. Doty humorously consoleshusbands about marriage. It presents a wife who dominates the household ("wearing the pants," is "man of the house"), controls finances ("things that your dollars buy"), and has abandoned courtship pleasantness. The refrain "don't cry" mocks male submission to female authority—a common satirical theme of this era about shifting domestic power. **Article**: "Guarding the Canal" discusses Colonel Goethals (Panama Canal chief engineer), warning him against inflating military needs. The text criticizes his claim that 25,000 soldiers are necessary to defend the Canal, suggesting this militaristic talk threatens his public reputation as a civilian engineer. **Bottom Print**: References Solomon's wives waiting for him, likely contrasting biblical polygamy with modern monogamous domestic situations.
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371 To the Husbandette HERE, little man, don't cry! You are under her thumb, I know, And her kittenish ways Of the courtship days Are things of the long ago; But she’s pleasant enough when you're not by. There, little man, don't ery! There, little man, don't ery! She is wearing the “pants,” I know, And the golden gleams Of your bachelor dreams Are things of the long ago; But she likes the things that your dol- lars buy. There, little man, don’t ery! There, little man, don’t ery! She's the “ man of the house,” I know, And your old delights When you thought you had rights Are things of the long ago; But maybe she'll up by-and-by. . There, little man, don’t cry! Walter G. Doty. A SUGGESTION TO HUSBANDS WHO ARE COMPELLED TO SMOKE OUTSIDE Guarding the Canal O far Colonel Goethals has carved out for himself a pretty high niche in public opinion. We have been pleased to assume that the Panama Canal has been rapidly and properly dug and that to him is due a great deal of the credit. We venture, however, to warn Colonel Goethals against strai that public esteem by indulging too limitlessly in the militaristic talk which was reported in the papers the other day. He says that an army of twenty- five thousand will be regularly needed at the Canal to preserve it from .for- cign foes. That was the size of the entire United States army before the Spanish War upset our equilibrium and sent our arrogated war god to the tailor’s for a new outfit This is too much, Colonel. We don't like your new réle. Please let us think of you as of yore. ‘k on the job! Take off those regimentals and put on your overalls. Sheathe that sword, or, better, gather up all the swords and guns which you can find PROM LIPE’S COLLECTION OF OLD PRINTS and beat them into steam dredges. SOLOMON’S WIVES WAIT UP FOR HIM ON LODGE NIGHT comicbooks.com