Life, 1900-12-06 · page 3 of 20
Life — December 6, 1900 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 487 The main photograph shows a social scene with women in early 20th-century dress, likely depicting a conversation about romantic encounters. The caption reads: "Well, you can judge for yourself. Ethel and I walked home from church alone the other night." Below, a humorous dialogue involves newspaper figures discussing General Frederick E. Mather, founder of the Russell Trust Association at Yale. Bishop Trotter expresses concern about Mather's character and propriety, while Rev. Dr. Golly defends him as lacking reverence but being hardworking. The small illustration labeled "Pair of Dice Lost" appears to be a visual pun playing on "paradise lost." The satire mocks social pretension, institutional pomposity, and the gap between public reputation and private conduct among prominent figures of the era.
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Maud: GroRoe, HONESTLY NOW, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN KIS George: WYL1, VOR CAN JUDGE POR YOURSELY. ETHEL AND L WALKED HOME FROM CUURCH ALONE TH OME of the newspapers, when ‘General Frederick E. Mather of New York died, told us that it was he who founded Scull and Bones at Yale, whereof the real name is the Russell Trast Association. It isa good deal of a shock to learn the Skull and Bones is something else after all. Some consolation comes in the additionel news ventured by some of General Mather's obituarians that he brought the Russell Trust from Germany, and that it had flourished in one country or another since the days of Demosthenes, 338 B. C. E ISHOP TROTTER: Hubble on the committee! Do youthink so? I fear —I fear the root of the matter is not in him, Rev. Dr. Gouy: I find him foremost in all good works, Bishop. ‘The man lacks reverence. Why, he shakes hands with me as if I were an—an—assistant minister !"" PAIR O' DICE Lost,