International conferences are liable to become short and lively
In the first section, several men speak to President Roosevelt. Caption: The Committee of International Conferences–“Mr. Roosevelt, we have arranged another Hague conference. You will kindly attend and do what you can for universal peace.” In the second section, Roosevelt rushes toward the group of men. Caption: A few days later–“It’s all fixed, gentlemen! What next?” In the third section, Roosevelt holds the “report on the international conference for the suppression of the boll weevil” as the three men look confused. Caption: A little later: Committee–“Now you might start for the Pan-American Conference, and then there’s the International Conservation Conference and the,” etc., etc. In the fourth section, one man signs a “resignation” paper while the second man holds the third man and says, “Brace up, Henry! We’ve got to get up some more conferences.” Roosevelt sits in a chair and thinks. Caption: Mr. Roosevelt–“Well, I guess I’ll have to hunt up something to do myself.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-01-08
