Life, 1916-02-17 · page 42 of 52
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This page contains two distinct satirical pieces amid advertisements: ## "Has He Gone Off?" A brief political commentary on Theodore Roosevelt's absence from public life. The satire plays on religious rhetoric: Colonel Watterson claimed God wouldn't permit Roosevelt's return; the Richmond Times-Dispatch countered that God is "as wise and just now as when Theodore Roosevelt was permitted to be President"—implying Roosevelt himself may have diminished in wisdom and goodness since leaving office. The joke mocks both Roosevelt's possible decline and the absurdity of invoking divine judgment about a political figure. ## "Revised" Poem Anti-German wartime propaganda, likely from WWI. The poem sarcastically credits Kaiser Wilhelm II ("Hohenzollern Bill," "Kaiser Bill") with building his empire through atrocities: bloodshed, violence, destroyed Belgian homes, and violated treaties. It's a bitter condemnation of German militarism and the devastation inflicted on Belgium during the war. Both pieces reflect 1910s-era American political discourse: uncertainty about Roosevelt's legacy and strong anti-German sentiment during or after World War I.
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