Life, 1905-10-12 · page 9 of 26
Life — October 12, 1905 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes early 20th-century American social and political absurdities through brief humorous commentary. The central cartoon depicts figures balancing precariously on or around a large bubble, symbolizing the fragility of contemporary society. The text mocks various topics: honeymoon quarrels, life insurance practices, British companies, Senator Platt's business interests, Hindu women's conversion to Christianity, peace conferences, and wealth inequality. References include W.J. Bryan's "cross of gold" speech and Chicago's competitive social scene. The satire targets hypocrisy, materialism, and political pretension of the era. Each snippet critiques specific public figures or social trends, using irony to expose contradictions between stated values and actual behavior in American life.
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| js said that a man never gets back to work properly until zh after his honeymoon, and he has hal his second quarrel with his wife —A teh teon Clobe Some of them don't alimony. until they have to pay At the present moment no properly advised inhabitant of the United King- m would be so foolish as to take outa policy of life assurance American company in preference toa good British company.— Even without knowing anything about Britis onable statement. surance companies, this sounds like ar Senator Platt says he intends to die with his business suit on, Too many follow that false philosophy. The prudent put on golf clothes occasionally and a dressing-gown.. And there are even those who put on pajamas—at proper times, of course. The young Hindoo woman Sooboonagam Ammal has relapsed from Chris- nity and resumed the faith of her fathers.—Vew }ork Herald. This opens a painful question for the orthodox, Will she go to everlasting torment along with other heathen and I the unbaptized infants? 's the world’s standing joke at the expense of the It confirms Comstocker )_ United States. 2/) the deep-seated conviction that America is a provincial place, a WAP second-rate country town civilization after all Bernard Shu Europe likes to hear of such things. Unkind! Not that we care for America, but we do love and revere Mr. Anthony Comstock. It is said that the Crar has already issued invitations to a second peace conference at The Hague.—Omaha World Herald. Pretty soon the Czar will get in the habit of having fare- well peace conferences every year. Hope is faith holding out its hands in the dark.—Century Lovely thought that—suitable for an inscription on a full-length silhouette of Senator Depew. Slightly paraphrasing the Wall Street term, perhaps the President of the New York Life merely looked on that little transaction as a McCall loan,—Cincinnati Commercial Tribe une. Which leads naturally to the remark that Pride cometh before a McCall. Autumnal haze over the woods; autumnal hazing in the colleges. Boston Transcript Also in financial circles. Parkhurst had about decided to abandon politics and Washington Star, It looks as if Dr. devote himself to the ministry Only a rumor. And Duchess Consuelo cannot even call on the resident with out raising tne curiosity of the neighborhood ! It is hard lines to be a duchess.—Baston Herald. It is just as hard to be a President. Nation is, as reported, the heiress to a fortune, there viviality,— Washington Star. absolutely no fear that she will squander it in con- If she will only bury the hatchet, we will all be satisfied. Inisa very certain fact that no m: persistently—even though irrele- vantly—mentioned for a high honor unless he has done something to deserve it. —Nansas City Times, And this from a journal published within easy hearing distance of W. J. Bryan's hewgag. There is no doubt of the ¢ capita o! the country, The t it? Houston Post. Yes. In the neck increase of the wealth per is the per capita ge The “Chicago Venus" has a waist six inches too small for the rest of her,—New York World, ‘This peculiarity of the Venus de Chicago is perhaps only another evidence of the prowess of the ‘‘ strong arm"’ men who infest that city. Mr. veland’s article reflects the point of view of the man—an autocrat, we are told, in his family life, If the wife of such aman has an opinion she would far better keep it to herself ; it would meet with no consideration. —Press intervie vith Susan B, Anthony, Which shows an intimate knowledge of Mr. Cleveland's domestic affairs different from that vouchsafed to the rest of us. Horrors! Alfred Austin is writing a peace poem with the intention of dedi- cating it to defenseless Theodore Roosevelt !~Crxcinnati Cheer up. The Alfred Austin menace is long past. Only when his poems were read were they dangerous. Commercial Everything has its drawbacks. The revelations concerning the New York Life are taking public attention away from Chauncey Depew.—Chicago Journal. If you lived nearer New York you might feel that it isn’t so much of a drawback after all. comicbooks.com