Life, 1904-03-17 · page 9 of 24
Life — March 17, 1904 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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**Top Section: "Some Cloud Effects"** Six sketches by a cartoonist show anthropomorphic cloud faces with human expressions—angry, bemused, contemplative, playing instruments, scowling. This appears to be a whimsical artistic exercise rather than political satire. **"Consensus"** section presents satirical definitions of happiness from different social classes: a millionaire wants to spend money beneficially; a poor man wants financial security; a society woman wants rest; a washerwoman wants to dance all night. The joke critiques how happiness differs by class and circumstance. **"Trouble Ahead"** and **"Limit"** are brief dialogue jokes about business (oil and water not mixing) and New York City's street car system being poorly managed. These are typical early-20th-century magazine humor pieces combining visual gags with social commentary.
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° -LIFE- 263 SOME CLOUD EFFECTS. SIX SNAPSHOTS BY A BAERER Consensus. HAT is your idea of happiness?" was asked. id the millionaire : I should be happy if I could spend my money where it would be of some real benefit. This, and a good digestion Said the poor mai : Happiness is havit enough money to spend without anxiet Said the society woman; Happiness is rest. Said the wash woman : To be able to dance all night, and lie abed as long as I wanted to the next morning. Suid the soldier: To live peaceably all the rest of my life. The sailor: To feel the solid earth under my feet for the rest of my days. The artist: To paint a picture to please myself, and not the public. The author : To have time enough to think. ‘The diplomat : T The journalist : be myself. > tell the truth, ‘The wise man : To be a fool. The fool: To be a wise man. Trouble Ahead. “7 DON'T see how the dickens Rockefeller is going to manage the Stecl Trust,” said Hawkins. “Why not? He's a fairly successful business man,” observed Barlow. “That's true; but oil and water don't mix, Hawkins. said Limit. “ D° you think the street car system in New York is worse than in any other town?” “Oh, yes, much worse. It's in abler hands.”’ comicbooks.com