Life, 1904-03-31 · page 6 of 20
Life — March 31, 1904 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page combines society announcements with satirical commentary. The **"Society" section** reports engagements and social events among the wealthy elite, including marriages and family connections. The **central satire** targets Mormonism through "The Boast of President Smith," a poem mocking Joseph Smith's polygamy. The text ridicules Mormon doctrine about inheriting the earth while satirizing the practice of multiple wives through repetitive, mocking verses. The **"Civilization" section** critiques both American indifference to Native American suffering and Congressional rudeness toward visiting dignitaries. It sarcastically suggests renaming any future monument after a contemporary figure rather than properly honoring indigenous dispossession. The photographs show prominent society women of the era, functioning as celebrity coverage typical of Life's format.
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M RS. DRESSTA KYLL announces ~ the postponement of her daugh- ter’s marriage to Mr. Smythe. Mrs. Abel Pusher went out of her house last Friday, and remained away until her return at 147 P.M, Her sister married Whartor Kadd, and is prominent in fashionable society The engagement of Miss Little-Man- ners to Mr. Frederick Burstyngside Boodle is the fashionable topic of the moment, although, naturally, the ce- lebrity of Mr. Boodle's fiancée in the fashionable world makes the announce- ment of unusual generalinterest. Mr. Boodle is the youngest of the two grandsons of Mr, and Mrs, Gatheran Spend, and has been one of the ac. tive social leaders in this city since he was graduated from Harvard in 1901. sella Gerlumpsleigh, the Breakaway Mrs, Reginald Muchinprint is the only daughter of the Hon. Synchon-Koppa, She knows her busii 8 brilliant leader of society. She is fashionable even in the dark—just can't help it, don't you know. Little Evelina danghter of Mr. to be as cha lay, the youngest grand- . Golden Shamm, promises “gas her mother, Mra. Billy de Splay. It is hoped, and believed, that she, also, will be. ier of rociety, The basket in the picture contains diamonds and pearls, the usuat playthings of Ecdina. daughter of Lord and Lady Drynkmore, will be married to the Master of Tre- mens Hall at Westminster Abbey on This will be a very extraor- dinary occasion. Lord Drynkmore's mother is a sister of Mrs. Parvena Plump, who is own cousin to Lord Howe Vulg. | YHE married man rattles his chains to assure himself of his freedom, Civilization. [f the Indians of the Indian Terri- - tory are starving, with their in- dividual allotments of land, whereas in their tribal community they had plenty, what of it? Three persons out of every ten in London never know what it is to have enough to eat. Civilization is to be viewed as a whole. If more and more people are being rammed hopelessly down into. the darkness, for foundation, all the while the glittering pinnacle reaches further and further up toward heaven. Ad astra per (somebody's else) aspera, The Boast of President Smith. TPHEY called him Smith of Utah, For he bore that mysterious name, And he'd worked with cheer full many a year A-nultiplying the same. So he counted his brides on his fingers As he sat by his Mormon hearth, “Undoubtedly we are the pe “For the Smiths shall inherit the earth, ple,” said he, “And why should the Browns and the Joneses For nume 1 conquest strive? T've children,” sa ’,—"now let me see— thirty grandsons mon girth, There's joy to the kith of the tribe of Smith, For they shall inherit the earth. “Let Roosevelt gasp in horror When I marry another bride. He dai abuse whom he cannot accuse Of racial suicide. I've sown with a Solomon's wisdom My Lina land of dearth, And it’s easy to see that it's owing to me That Smith shall inherit the earth.” They called him Smith of Utah, For he bore that mysterious nam And he never would shirk the work OF multiplying the same. He had texts from the Book of Mormon, Hel i But the truest of all that he ever let tall Was, “Smiths shall inherit the earth, dd maxims of w it and worth, Wallace Ircin, Classified. HARLIE: Papa, the Whites have / anew pur Para: What is she, son? French or German? “I don’t know, papa. broken English.” I think she's W E regret to see that inconsiderate pe » s are dispo: to look our coming statue of Fred the Great in the mouth. Don't, gentle- men! It is not civil. There is no question as to the spirit in which that statue offered us. We should ac- cept it in the same spirit. Set it upin a group of military heroes and treat it with respect. It will always be an interesting statue. Future generations, if they choose, canchange its name and or Doctor Wood. comicbooks.com