Life, 1916-10-12 · page 9 of 44
Life — October 12, 1916 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon ("Safety First"):** This depicts a child asking their father to learn to drive a chariot next year, promising to be safe. The satire criticizes reckless political leadership—likely President Wilson—by comparing dangerous driving to dangerous governance. The caption suggests Wilson's foreign policy decisions (possibly regarding military preparedness or WWI involvement) endangered the nation like an unsafe driver endangers passengers. **Bottom Cartoon ("The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"):** Shows a predatory figure disguised as something benign, a classical fable reference. The text references Mr. Hughes and Republicans accusing Wilson of deception regarding foreign policy and military readiness. The satire suggests hidden dangers lurk beneath official reassurances about national safety and preparedness. Both cartoons mock Wilson's leadership credibility during a period of international crisis.
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\THE CHARIOT RACES NEXT SEASON SAFETY FIRST “SAY, DAD, CAN I LEARN*TO DRI “FORGET IT, KID, I AIN'T GOIN’ TO HAVE YOU RISKIN’ YER LIFE EVERY NIGHT.” Mexico, Also a good many non-Catho- lic Independents distrust the integrity of his mind so much as to be unable to detect applied Christianity. in any ex- pedient that he uses, The Germans are dead against him all along the line. Heaven knows what favor for the Fatherland they expect from Hughes, but if Hughes wins he will probably owe his victory to their favor, and they scem to hope to be able to collect their dues. A good many Independents have had a great deal to get over in coming to Mr. Wilson. Some have been mad about Mexico, some about the Lusi- tania, some about Belgium, some about Bryan or Daniels, some because Mr. Wilson was so slow in moving for military preparation, some because finally he did move, some lately be- cause they thought he let the Brother- hoods make a monkey of him. Among the voters for him will be representa- tives of every one of these grievances, but for him, in spite of all of them, because he looks to thera, on the whole, to be a safe and notable leader of de- ‘ETRE mocracy, with both the purpose and the capacity to promote the welfare of the mass of the people. It is what is ingrained in Mr. Wil- son’s nature, attested by his achieve- ments as President, that attracts the Independents whom he does attract and repels those who are repelled. He not in all respects good-tasting medi- cine, but he seems to his backers to be strong stuff that goes to the spot that needs medication. He has been and is concerned with very great things. He is assailed about comparatively small things, All Mr. Hughes could do up to very lately was punch him up about details. There are those who smile, and in spite of their esteem for Mr. Hughes, agree a good deal with the sentiment expressed by Mr. Pollak in a letter to the Eve- ning Post, that at one of the greatest crises. in the world’s history Mr. Hughes has run for President as if he were running for pound-keeper in a country village. So Mr. Pollak wrote in August. Mr. Hughes has worked up some new issues since then, but with the Ger- mands to avoid, and the “interests” to appease, and the tariff to cater to, and the good old Republican robber barons to hold to their allegiance, he really has found it hard work to get down to anything that looked like real brass tacks. The primary Republican accusation 613 that Mr. Wilson’s foreign policy had disgraced our country in the eyes of the world went flat in all its tires be- fore the managers could get it out of the garage. Mr. Hughes has never ventured to use it. He sees Mr. Wil- son disgraced in the eyes of every good German-American, and lets it go at that without a word. E. S. M. Why Not Be Sensible? 'O the ennuied of earth who are looking for a new and lasting sen- sation we would offer the query: Why not be sensible? . If you have never tried looking at things in a sensible way, you cannot imagine what supreme delights there are in an excursion into this little-fre- quented domain of human activity. There are drawbacks to be sure. But the drawbacks are greatly outweighed by the advantages. We have known people, who, after leading unsensible lives from early childhood, have taken up the sensible life and have never led any other life from that time on. That, however, is going to extremes and is therefore to be carefully shunned, but it only goes to show how being sensible can take hold of you if you give ita chance. ND forgive us our debts as we forgive our creditors. THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING comicbooks.com