Life, 1914-04-30 · page 7 of 44
Life — April 30, 1914 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page features satirical poetry and illustrations about May and courtship. The top section includes two poems—one celebrating spring's arrival ("NOW in the parks once more bein / The tulip leaves earth's jail to break"), and another titled "Inaccurate" mocking a man who drinks heavily despite claims otherwise. The main illustration below, captioned "ROYALTY DISAPPROVES THE TANGO," depicts a biblical or classical scene where a king's daughter observes David dancing and "despised him in her heart." This references the historical account from 1 Samuel, but adapts it to satirize contemporary concerns about the tango—a then-scandalous dance considered morally questionable by respectable society. The joke equates David's undignified dancing with the tango's disreputable status among the elite.
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OW in the parks once more begin, The tulip leaves earth’s jail to break, And, pushing up, enlargement win, Like plums escaping from a cake. And folks who see them say: “The worst Is over now. Spring’s going to burst.” I don’t mark time by them; when Jane's as In town to me it's cheery spring, No matter if bleak hurricanes And blizzards rage like anything. When Jane’s not here it isn’t May, No matter what the tulips say. E, S. Martin. ROYALTY DISAPPROVES THE TANGO Inaccurate i HAT makes Smithson’s nose so red? Does he drink a good deal?” “Why, no, I don't think so. I know him well and never saw him drink much, I think his nose must be like my gas meter—registers more than it consumes.” = Of Cushing — “ AND MICHAL, KING SAUL'S DAUGHTER, SAW DAVID—LEAPING AND DANCING-——} AND SHE DESPISED HIM IN HER HEART” comicbooks.com