Life, 1916-02-24 · page 10 of 48
Life — February 24, 1916 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct satirical pieces: **"What Would You Do?"** presents hypothetical moral dilemmas testing the reader's ethics and judgment—a common Life magazine format for social commentary. **"The Original Rough-Rider"** and **"Make Good, Judge"** reference Judge Gary, who has been mentioned as a potential presidential candidate. The text suggests the *Worcester Telegram* supports this idea seriously. The cartoon depicts Columbia (America personified) with military/government figures, likely satirizing Gary's qualifications or the absurdity of his candidacy. The "rough-rider" reference alludes to Theodore Roosevelt's famous persona. The joke appears to be that if Judge Gary can deliver "a sudden, early close of the war" (unclear which war), then he'd be worth considering for President—suggesting skepticism about both his capabilities and his political viability.
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334 What Would You Do— I you and your wife cach suddenly discovered that you were in love with somebody else, while the ones you loved, each of whom was married to a different person, discovered that they also were in love with each other, and then each one of them should come to each one of you to secure secretly your co-operation to aid them to free themselves from the ones to whom they were mar- ried—oh, say—what would you do? If your wife should, on your birthday, present you with ten thousand dollars in cash, being the sum which, over a period of ten years, she had secretly saved out of the allowance which you had all along supposed that she was exceeding—what would you do? If the wall paper you joyously had put on the walls of your wife’s bedroom during her visit to her aunt, should, upon her return home, prove to be just exactly what she would have selected had she done it herself, say—what would you do? If you became heir to fifty millions of dollars and had the choice of presenting it all to Billy Sunday or the political ring of the State of New York—what would you do? IN THE FUTURE? Columbia: THEIR MANNERS SEEM TO HAVE CHANGED SINCE I'VE HAD AN ADEQUATE ESCORT 6 tte ten GMO reppe We, eectallooet ? THE ORIGINAL ROUGH-RIDER Make Good, Judge UDGE GARY has been spoken of for President, and the Worcester Telegram thinks the suggestion should be taken more seriously. Since November the Judge has been telling us to look for a sudden, early close of the war. We are looking. If he makes good we will talk seriously about him for President.