Life, 1903-08-27 · page 9 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 197 The main illustration depicts an angel (representing American virtue or patriotism) surrounded by smaller figures, titled "THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR CONTINUED." The dialogue references a dispute over silesia—a historical European territory—suggesting this satirizes ongoing American political conflicts being compared to prolonged international wars. The text section "Washington Society" mocks the capital's elite social circles, describing their insularity and pretension. It notes their polygamous social mixing and ridicules the diplomatic corps as a venue where foreign nobility "sell themselves off." The "Societies" dialogue jokes about mothers belonging to numerous social organizations, implying either excessive club membership or satirizing women's social climbing. The small cartoon captioned "A THIEF'S CONSCIENCE" shows an animal, likely symbolizing dishonesty or crime.
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197 that he cannot mix in politics without losing his sterile citizenship, and adds that he is making money with The Commoner, anyhow. — Jlenry Edvard Warner. Washington Society. V 7 ASHINGTON is the social capital of the nation. Nowhere, indeed, is society more capitalistic than in Washington. While yet the money holds out to burn, the vilest sinner is as good as anybody. Members of Washington society have often the inde- scribable something which makes for real gentility (urbanitas Americana); in- describable, that is, in the sense that whoever should describe it would be ex- cluded from the mails. A social feature of Wash- ington is the diplomatic. The diplomatic is the sham- bles where the scions of for- eign nobility are sold off. Washington society draws the line at polygamy, it being thought that a plu- rality of wives would tend to get the wraps mixed at large affairs. Washington society contains several people who can talk, and many whocan eat or dance, as the fancy takes them. Societies. as M* mamma belongs to = eighteen societie “Well, my mamma belongs to nineteen.” “Yes, but three of the societies your mamma belongs to are for the s'pression of the same thing.”” THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR CONTINUED. Maria Theresa? WUAT EXCUSE MAVE YOU TO OFFER YOR CUTTING SILEMIA Phom THE oF AN UMP COAT BORDE WITH SILESIA? proving by careful analysis that the His capacity for evolving a new tale first jolts the liver and the latter isa on an instant's notice is said to be dissipation, wonderful. Chauncey Depew, the famous so- William Jennings Bryan, better ciety minstrel, has told three million known as the Barn-Bred Boy of Ne- and twenty-five stories in the last ten _ braska, has just refused the tender of a years without a single repetition. Presidential nomination. He declares A THIEP'S CONSCLENCE. comicbooks.com