Life, 1902-08-21 · page 9 of 20
Life — August 21, 1902 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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The page contains two distinct pieces of satire: **Top cartoon:** Shows a young man being interviewed, likely by a wealthy woman and her associates. The caption reads: "Well, young man, to be successful in business you will need considerable means. Have you any financial prospects?" His reply: "Yes, sir. I'm engaged to your daughter." This satirizes fortune-hunting—young men marrying into wealth rather than earning success through merit. **Bottom cartoon:** Depicts a Scottish Highlander with a golf club, captioned: "Mark (the caddie): 'Ever since Leo ate that Gordon Highlander, he won't do anything but play golf.'" This appears to be a joke about a dog named Leo who ate a Highlander and now only wants to play golf—likely absurdist humor with a dark edge. The page's other text discusses American wealth display and accidental deaths in industrial America.
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United States Senate proceedings, and is now resting on his laurels waiting for the first chance to see the party sit up, that he may be the first one to bang it in the head again, Favorite occupations: Disagreeing with D. B. Hill, visiting Princeton, using his voice, and getting ready for another public retirement. Principal works: ‘‘The Farmer's Veto,’’ “Advertising Myself,’’ “Gro- ver and I Are Out,” ete, Gratifying. E who deprecate the ostentatious display of wealth by our compatriots abroad cannot but be grati- fied in that thero was an° American lady at a recent social gathering in London who wore simply ‘the loveliest dress of brocaded silk, trimmed witb fine old lace, and a magnifi- cent dog collar of diamonds as well as chains of diamonds around her neck and a tiara blazing in her hair.’’ Times have been very good with us, late years, and it is quite certain the lady was amply able to wear a horse collar of diamonds with eur- cingles of diamonds about her chest did she choose. The fact that she did not betokens a moderation which augurs well for the ultimate oT ye von’? ani evolution of # gennine noblewe from the crude | “OVE yon,” said the Man. material of our civilization. “WELL, YOUNG MAN, TO BR SUCCESSPUL IN BUSINESS YOU WILL NEED CONSIDERABLE MEANS. HAVE YOU ANY FINAXCIAL PROSPECTS? * “Yes, SIN, I'M ENGAGEO TO YOUR DAUGUTER,"* The Proving of It. [st anybody's business to keep count of the number of per- sons who are killed by accidents from day to day in this country? The number must be enormous, and most of the victims die of modern improvements of one kind or another. Fatal trolley-car ac- cidents are more common and comprehensive this year than ever “" Btarnity,”* wae the reply. before; railroads Kill and maim “Then that proof is a failure, out as usual; automobiles do I should ever be in doubt. The their share, and mines, factories, Yes?’ said the Woman interrogatively. ‘*Prove it." “There are but two proofs,” he answered, “One is—" “Time.” “How much time?" she que- ried. other?” “The other can scarcely be called a proof,” he admitted ; “it is a condition. If you love me I will not need to prove my love.” “ Because ?”’ “« Because as sorrow can always recognize sorrow, so love always knows love." “And I," she answered, smil- ‘know.’"” fires, drowning accidents, gas acci- dents, explosions and the like contribute with extraordinary steadiness to our mortuary statis- tics. In the industrial world, especially, the sacrifice of human life seems prodigious. Human life is cheap, but cheap as it is, American civilization seems un- duly lavish in expending it. Monk (the caddie): EVER SINCE LEO ATE THAT GORDON AB 782 sew m0 shall yourip, HIGHLANDER, HE WON'T DO ANYTHING BCT PLAY OLY. Dixie Wolcott. comicbooks.com