Life, 1905-08-03 · page 11 of 44
Life — August 3, 1905 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine features a satirical illustration titled "LIFE" showing two well-dressed men and a child sitting on a park bench beneath a tree. The image is accompanied by four brief humorous pieces: **"Too Much"** mocks excessive love's demands. **"No Such Luck"** jokes about feeling miserable despite being told to enjoy oneself. **"An Explanation"** presents a child asking what "P.C.A." means, with an adult explaining it as an abbreviation for "Society for the Perpetuation of Cash Appropriations"—satire on bureaucratic organizations and wasteful government spending. **"In Russia..."** is a quick political jab about Russian spelling. The overall tone is genteel social satire targeting middle-class concerns: emotional excess, social pretense, and institutional waste. The content reflects early 20th-century American satirical humor aimed at educated readers.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
(>) “WHAT THE EVE DOES NOT SEF, THE MEART WILL NOT GRIEVE FOR.” Too Much. ‘OUR hundred pounds the maiden weighed. Love's manual art he tasted. He used his arms, uatil she said— “Your efforts, dear, seem waisted.” N Russia the only v lution is R-E-V-O-L: y to spell Evo- -T-1-0-N No Such Luck. “ Ft drink, and be merry, for to- morrow y “Oh, no, you don't—you only feel like it.” ou die."” E careful how you praise a public man until you are sure he is dead, 137 An Explanation. * said little Willie as they passed r. Haines’s beautiful headquar- what does S. P, C. A. mean?"’ “S. PLC. A., my son," replied Mr. an abbreviation for the Society for the Perpetuation of Cash Appropriations.”* comicbooks.com