Life, 1903-05-21 · page 9 of 24
Life — May 21, 1903 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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The top illustration depicts a satirical vision of labor cooperation: an Ice Trust representative and Coal Trust representative shake hands across Earth and celestial bodies, with the caption promising that if they "work together," they'll "own the earth, with all it's worth, in every sort of weather." The satire targets **monopolistic trusts** of the early 20th century—the Ice Trust and Coal Trust appear as coequal powers dividing global dominion. The cosmic scope emphasizes their perceived immense influence. Below, "A Business Boom" cartoon shows a businessman explaining economic success to a visitor, crediting an elderly man's recent inheritance dispersal as boosting local business—satire about how inherited wealth temporarily stimulates commerce rather than representing genuine economic health. The page also reviews books and includes witty aphorisms about boasting and divorce, typical of Life's satirical content.
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SAID THE ICE TRUST TO THE COAL TRUST, “IP WE Do BUT WORK TOGETHER, WE'LL OWN THE EARTH, WITH ALL IT's WoRTH, IN EVERY sont OP WEATHER.” bread and a great deal of molasses. His many readers should enjoy The Bishop. (Harper and Brothers. $1.50.) FE. W. Hornung’s No Hero is a bright little story somewhat on the lines of a society comedy. ‘The action covers the efforts of an ish officer to rescue the son of an old friend from a designing widow, The scene is a Swiss hotel. ‘The book is written to amuse, and succeeds. (Charles Scribner's Sons. $1.25.) A series of articles upon special aspects of Italian social. and public life, by Ashburn Rollins Willard, appear ina volume called The Land of the Latins, The articles are not uninteresting, but neither the subjects treated nor Mr, Willard’s point of view is sufficiently marked to give the collection much significance. (Longmans, Green and Company. $1.40.) Little Miss Sunshine is another of Gabrielle E. Jackson's pretty storics for girls, rather younger im tone than The Colburn Prize, but showing the same qualities of style as that popular story. (J.P. Taylor and Company. $1.20.) J.B. Kerfoot. (QUENT: I hope you will havo those divorce papers soon. Lawyer: What's the hurry? “Oh, Iwant to get unmarried and settle down.” ROAST not, and the world knows not who you are; boast, and it despises you for what you are. A BUSINESS BOOM, “ WELL, HOW DO YOU FIND BUSINESS THESE DAYS, Mn. BEETLERCG?" “OWL YM NOT COMPLAINING, OLD MR. CENTIPEDE JUST CAME IN“AND PITTED OUT MIs ENTINE PamtLy.” comicbooks.com >