Life, 1905-10-19 · page 9 of 30
Life — October 19, 1905 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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The main illustration depicts a romantic garden scene with a woman in an elegant dress gesturing toward flowers, while a man stands in the distance—a typical sentimental romantic tableau. Below, the text sections titled "Revised," "Professionalism," and "Wonderful!" critique early 20th-century attitudes. "Professionalism" mocks the hypocrisy of condemning professionalism in football while accepting it in other fields like the clergy, who earned substantial salaries. The accompanying caricatured face emphasizes the satirical tone. "Wonderful!" presents a brief dialogue between characters named Dashaway and Cliverton, apparently joking about romantic attachment. The overall page satirizes social inconsistencies and romantic attitudes of the era, though specific contemporary references remain unclear without additional context.
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Copurioht, sxe, by Life Publishing Co. Revised. N Salt Lake City Cupid writes— That he who reads may r “Ten souls with but a single the Twelve hearts that beat as one. Professionalism. OL elimination of professionalism from football exact apretty high conse- ion of students, Professors are not ashamed to go where they are paid relatively th t. Is. foot put on a higher plane than Professionalism, in its evil aspect, consists in doing some fine thing for the money there is in it, whereby the timeness of it suffers. Our life is widely tainted with it, if taint there be Even the clergy, whose work is finest of all, are not fre The: was, not long ago, a famous and much aised divine whose loud and constant mist it was that he could earn a thou- dollars a day ry of Christ from it he mini Where a man has a talent, it is quite the modern doctrine that he make it » in dollars and cents. Ti lucre be indeed filthy, at least we are all daubed with the same stick. Six ling out football looks very like strain: ing at the gnat while making nothing of the deglutition of the camel. should Wonderful ! Do you love that Daas. girl as much as you think you do? Cieverton: Why, old man, I love her almost as much as she thinks Ldo. comicbooks.com