Life, 1903-12-24 · page 15 of 20
Life — December 24, 1903 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine features a striking illustration titled "An Alpine Girl," credited to Wilfred Huggins (1903). The image depicts a young woman perched on rocky alpine terrain, rendered in dramatic black and white. The surrounding text consists of satirical commentary on various contemporary topics: - **Marriage advice** (attributed to Tom Masson) humorously warns that husbands shouldn't always tell the truth, or wives will lose respect for them - **"The Slump"** satirizes public concern over financial losses that "nobody ever had" - **"Skill"** ironically comments on doctors' growing anxiety about medical advances keeping weak people alive—undermining their practices - A reader's letter questions whether "Sam Parks" (apparently a Steel Company director) was involved in controversial refunding schemes, suggesting class tensions and growing socialist sympathies among investors The page represents *Life*'s characteristic blend of visual art and sharp social commentary on early 20th-century American concerns: marriage, economics, medicine, and corporate ethics.
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655 you don’t lie to your wife, however, by and by her suspicions will be fully aroused, and she will begin to de- spise you. When a woman gets the idea into her head that her husband is always telling the truth, the foundations of home life are un- dermined. Tom Masson. The Slump. OW can right minded people Be otherwise than sad, When they think of the loss of these millions, Which nobody ever had? Skill. j EDICAL skill has got to such a pitch that doctors are beginning to be frightened about it. Are we serving the best interests of hu- manity, some of them are already asking, by keeping weakly per- sons alive? Faint heart never won a fair practice. Besides, the best health is not favorable to table manners. EAR LIFE: Is tt true that “Sam Parks" was till lately a director in the United States Steel Company and large- ly infuential in putting through the refunding scheme? If trae, have any of the other directors joined Parks? There are severat boldersof “Steel common” at thls centre who are be- coming Soclalistic, and we wish to show them their errors, Please answer soon. Yours, Juniue. Fixanciat Graxor, MD., November 23, 1903. I OVE may go a- 4 wandering fora while, but it comes AN ALPINE GIRL. home at last. comicbooks.com