Life, 1919-01-16 · page 9 of 34
Life — January 16, 1919 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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**Top Section - "The Biograph" (Henry Ford):** This is a satirical biographical poem about Henry Ford. The accompanying map-like illustration shows Ford's various business ventures and automobiles scattered across a landscape. The verse mocks Ford's contradictions: he's portrayed as mathematically illiterate yet successful, claiming to be "Noble Fitted for / The Dignity of Governor" while remaining obstinate. The satire targets Ford's inconsistency—he claims to mean well starting a magazine but the real motivation is profit ("the Printers need the Money"). **Bottom Section - "Blessed are the Peacemakers":** This section discusses post-WWI peace efforts, proposing that the Pope convene representatives from numerous nations (listed exhaustively) to discuss post-war international relations. The accompanying illustration shows two figures in apparent conflict, with text indicating a wish that disputes be settled through non-violent means rather than "pterodactyl wishbone" divination.
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@ Fe a. ay [Pots Seam hi The Biograph HENRY FORD T Motor-building, Henry Ford Has Most Indubitably scored ; And yet he stays as Sweetly Simple In Heart and Soul as Dotty Dimple. When young convinced by Teachers true That One plus One is always Two, He will not grasp the Acrobatics Of Worldly Higher Mathematics, Said he, “This Fighting’s Coarse and Low; They'll stop it when I tell ‘em so.” He told them so with Guileless Ardor- They went on fighting all the harder! “I'm Nobly Fitted for The Dignity of Governor.” He was, sure as id is Yellow, And still they chose the Other Fellow! To make a Man so Honest, And Just, come trailing in behind nd Hateful. re Ungrateful. And iow; says Mr; Ford; “mean To start a Great Bi Well then, why not?) That isn’t funny! aid he, Was Inconsiderate Republics always « azine! Sesides, the Printers need the Money! Arthur Guiterman. Dire “YOUR crime is such a serious oni that T shall have to inflict ap- propriate punishment,” said the judge. Therefore I sentence you to read the DEUTSCHLAND “Blessed are the Peacemakers” HE Pope wants a seat at the peace table, Labor demands one. Jews are pressing claims for represen- tation on the basis of a national entity to be founded in the Holy Land. Why stop there? have envoys also from Methodists, Epi aptists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Christian Adventists, Mennonites, and so on copalians, Scientists, And if these, being represented, cause further jealousies to arise, let's have, by all means, factors in the discussion from among the Mor- ms and Quakers. And why exclude women suffragists? These, ial and military plenipotentiaries from the United States, Austria, Rus: pan, Belgium, Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia, Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey, Brazil, Rumania, Siberia, Cuba, Poland, Croatia, Guatem: Finland, Armenia, Herzegovina, Alsace-Lorraine, Luxembourg, Honduras, Liberia, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru and eke of San Marino, should make a fair-sized “bunch” to discuss in Esperanto the post-war destinies of the nations of the world. ireat Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Bosnia, Congressional Record for a week With a shiek of terror the pitiful defendant fell in a faint MR, HARRY HYDE STONEAXE VOWS HE WILL NEVER AGAIN BE INVEIGLED INTO WISHING WITH A PTERODACTYL WISHBONE comicbooks.com