Life, 1901-06-20 · page 9 of 20
Life — June 20, 1901 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis: "Life" Magazine, Page 527 The main illustration depicts a social encounter between a man in formal dress and an elegantly gowned woman. The caption indicates the man is offering marriage while promising to "give up all my dissipation," with the woman's witty response about thinking of "something funny" to decline. The satire targets wealthy male suitors who frame marriage proposals around their own reformation rather than genuine affection. The woman's sardonic reply suggests such promises are both ridiculous and unconvincing as romantic arguments. Below, letters to the editor discuss Christian Science medical claims, debating whether it constitutes legitimate science. One correspondent argues Christian Science achieves superior healing results compared to conventional medicine. The page reflects early 1900s debates about religious healing practices versus modern medical science.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
527 happiest man alive if I could only cut you forever.” “Why, Mr. Muddleton !’" she cried, laughingly. “ Tmean it—that is, I don't mean it. I mean, I mean, that if—if I could only destroy you—that is, I don't want you to live—oh, thunder!" I stuttered, growing more and more confused, Then the very extent of the disaster sobered me, and abandoning all attempts to improve the opportunity with high-flown and apposite sentiments, I got right down to facts, and begged, ‘Oh, Mand, don’t you know what's the matter with me?” “Well,” she said, thoughtfully, while a de- licious blush denied her words, ‘*I should dingnose it that you suffered from homicidal dementia complicated by an attack of ephemeral aphasia.” For a long, long minute I stood mute and staring, while through and through my brain pulsated in burning waves the illuminating thought, * A wife with a vocabulary like that! A wife with a vocabulary like that!’ Then I turned and fled. Alex, Ricketts, WE regret that Mr. McCrackan’s letter, while none too long in general interest, is too long for Lire’s limited space, and that certain omissions, for this reason, have been necessary. To THE Eprtor or LIFE: Dear Sir: My attention bas been called to your editorial page of May 9th, containing references to the so-called Ellts case. 1 appreciate your evident desire to be fatr to Christian Sclence, and not to allow rumors and prejudiced reports to affect your Judgment... 2. 1 flnd that most criticisms against Christian Science are based Upon the genera! assumption that medicine Is an exact science. If that be true, then, of course, there rematus nothing to do bat resort to It at once In case of illness. But, tn potut of fact, medicine ts experimental, and Its fatiares are buried by the thonsands every day, six feet under ground, whereas @ single fallure of Christian Sctence ts at once exploited by the press. Christian Science does not mean allow. ing the patient to drift along, nor ts it merely a vague mental treatment. Christian Science 18 & deGnite system of therapeutics, tased upon a del. nite Principle, and capable of defnite results, It ts not Invartably applied with success, bot tt cures « much greater percentage of patlents than medicine does, and it has the supreme merit of being positive and health giving initsaction. .... Yours truly, W. D. MeCrackan. New York, May 24th, 1901 A Wide Experience. a ENKINS has just written a book on * How to Suc Oopyright, 1901, by Life Publishing On ceed.’ *" “IT wonder if it will be a success?" He: Yt SEEMS TO AMUSE YOU, WHEN 1 OFFER TO GIVE UP ALL MY DISSIPATION, IF YOU WILL ONLY MARRY ME. She; Y"S, IT STRIKES ME AS FUNNY TO THINK OF YOUR DENYING YOURSELF THE. . It ought tobe. Jenkins has ONLY THING THAT COULD PossIBLY occUPY YouR MIND. failed at everything el: comicbooks.com