Life, 1916-06-08 · page 11 of 46
Life — June 8, 1916 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes several sections: **"The Auto-Garden"** is a humorous poem by Katherine Verdery about labor-saving garden technology—suggesting automobiles and machines do gardening work, eliminating the gardener's traditional labor. It's satirizing early 20th-century enthusiasm for mechanization and automation. **"Political Views"** presents a brief pro/anti exchange about Theodore Roosevelt, appearing to satirize partisan debate over his legacy. **The photograph** shows a social gathering labeled "Great Americans," specifically identifying Miss A. Lotta Twoddle, who has "just published a novel, 'Love Lights and Lute Strings,' at her own expense." This appears to mock self-published authors and perhaps vapid society women's literary pretensions. The overall page tone is gently satirical toward modern conveniences, politics, and amateur literary ambitions.
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The Auto-Garden ITH auto-cars and auto-trucks And auto everything, Why not an auto-garden To do the work in Spring? The auto-garden runs itself; It needs no toil or care; The Gardener just sits and shouts From a nice garden chair. The little seedlings rush about And find a place to stand, The Gardener just calls them out, And does not raise his hand, In Autumn all the bulbs dive down And put themselves to bed; The stakes hop out and wipe their feet And lie down in the shed. . There'd be no blistering sunburn, Nor stress with hoe and rake, No grime would soil the Gardencr’s hands, His back would never ache! Katherine Verdery. Political Views RO: Theodore means God's gift Asti: Well, the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. HE mere fact that Blakelock has been and still is insane ought sure- ly not prejudice his new pictures in the eyes of a public that admires the Cubists. EASIEst thing you know—U. S. A GREAT AMERICANS MISS A, LOTTA TWODDLE, WHO HAS JUST PUBLISHED A NOVEL, “ LOVE LIGHTS AND LUTE STRINGS,” AT HER OWN EXPENSE comicbooks.com