Life, 1913-08-07 · page 27 of 40
Life — August 7, 1913 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a small cartoon and primarily railroad advertising, with a brief editorial comment inserted between them. **The Cartoon:** Two boys discuss eye color. One asks what color eyes the other likes best; the second admits he doesn't know and asks what color the first is "supposed to be"—a joke about the boy being uncertain of his own eye color, implying he hasn't looked in a mirror or lacks self-awareness. **"The Right Answer" Editorial:** Life defends William Jennings Bryan (three-time presidential candidate) against British critic Sidney Brooks's claim that Bryan "has never yet found the right answer" to important questions. Life argues this isn't a fair criticism—*nobody* finds definitive answers to major issues. They cite Senator Elihu Root agreeing that important questions are "seldom finally settled," using the pure food debate as an example of perpetual disagreement. The satire suggests that demanding "right answers" to complex political and social questions is itself naive; disagreement and debate are permanent features of democracy, not failures. The remainder is straightforward railroad advertising for New England train service (February 1913).
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“LIFE: 29 “WHAT COLOR EYES D'YE LIKE BEST, BILLY?” “Geel YOURS SUPPOSED To BE?” I DUNNO. WHAT COLOR ARE The Right Answer R, SIDNEY BROOKS has written “An English View of Mr. Bryan” for the July issue of the North American Review. On the whole, the article may be filed away in the damn-with-faint-praise pigeonhole. In one place, however, Mr. Brooks says Mr, Bryan “has stirred up many questions, but he has never yet found the right, or anything approaching the right, answer to any of them.” We protest that this is nothing to Mr. Bryan's discredit, and in support of this protest we refer Mr. Brooks to the Honorable Elihu Root, United States Senator. On page one of the same magazine Mr. Root writes: “Questions of general and permanent importance are seldom finally settled.” Everybody that we know has stirred up many questions, but nobody has found the right answer to any of them. We can't even settle a little matter like the pure food question without a tremendous deal of argument and lob- bying and misrepresentation. And then it isn’t settled. We should not be surprised if a future Herbert Spencer should include “ right answers” in the realm of the unknowable. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad On February 10th, 1913 Four Through Express Trains Joined together New York City AND Northern New England (Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) Leave New York (G.C. Ter.) 8.03 A. M. Daily—via Springfield for Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, White 99 River Junction, Wells River and Newport, Vt., arriv- ing 9.15 P.M., Returning leave Newport 9.40 A.M. Arrive New York 10.35 P.M. . Through Buffet Smoking Car, Parlor Car and Coaches. Leave New York (G. C. Ter.) 11.00 A. M. Daily except Sunday—via Springfield for Keene, N. H., arriving 5.40 P.M. Returning leave Keene 7.30 A.M. Arrive New York 2.05 P.M. Through Buffet Parlor Car and Coaches. \“The Keene Express” Leave New York (G. C. Ter.) 11.50 A. M. Daily—via Springfield for White River Junction, arriving 7.20 P.M. Returning leave White River Junction 9.00 A.M. Arrive New York 4.42 P.M. Through Buffet Smoker, Parlor Car, Dining Car and Coaches. | “The Vermonter” Leave New York (G.C. Ter.) 8.10 P. M. Daily—via Springfield and Worcester for Lowell, Mass., Ply- mouth, N. H., Portland, Augusta and Bangor, Me., arriving 11.45 A.M. Leave Bangor 3.45 P.M. week- days, 1.15 P.M. Sundays. Portland 8.40 +) are tive New York 7.05 A.M. Through Sleeping Car to Plymou’1, N. H., to Portland, Mc. Through Coaches to Portland, Buffet Sleeping Car to Bangor, Me. Daily except Saturday to Bangor, and except Sunday from Bangor. “The State of Maine Express” a Our ticket agents will give you full information. For Sleeping or Parlor Car space apply 171 Broadway or Grand Central Terminal, New York The New England Lines comicbooks.com