Life, 1915-12-23 · page 9 of 40
Life — December 23, 1915 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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The main cartoon titled "Somebody's Mother" depicts a woman approaching a doorway while several men in suits and hats stand nearby on a street, suggesting an urban setting. Below are two joke items: **"Try Again, Bro. Bartholdt"** criticizes Ex-Representative Bartholdt (identified as pro-German pacifist) for proposing that Roosevelt, Bryan, Root, and Jordan travel to Europe to promote peace. The satire mocks this as impractical and suggests the outcome would merely result in these figures becoming "stuffed specimens in Colonel Roosevelt's aviary"—implying Roosevelt would collect them as trophies. **The hyphenated American joke** plays on ethnic identity tensions of the WWI era, contrasting two American immigrants' attitudes toward munitions production during wartime. The smaller cartoon "Getting Her Irish Up" shows a woman pulling at a man on a bed, likely referencing Irish-American stereotypes.
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“SOMEBODY'S MOTHER” Try Again, Bro. Bartholdt X-REPRESENTATIVE BARTHOLDT (pro-German pacifist) speaks of advices from Europe suggesting that a peace committee composed of Col. Roosevelt, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Root and Dr. Jordan should go to Europe. Any manager who can combine these four gentlemen in a committee and exhibit them to Europe might well hope to shame that torn-up continent into peace. It might be difficult to reunite the Colonel and Mr. Root, but Mr. Bryan and Dr. Jordan would be sure to accom- plish that, and then there would be a line-up, and the end of it would be that Mr. Bryan's dove of peace would pres- ently figure as a stuffed specimen in Colonel Poosevelt’s aviary. Fisst HYPHENATED AMERICAN: Did you burn ? up any ammunition factories to- Seconp Hypnenaten American: No; this was my day off, GETTING HER IRISH UP comicbooks.com