Life, 1905-12-21 · page 12 of 30
Life — December 21, 1905 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The large oval illustration titled "The Ghosts of Some Dead Gods" depicts silhouettes of what appear to be religious or mythological figures inside a circular frame—likely representing abandoned or obsolete belief systems. Below it, the section "Mum Is the Word" references a President's order forbidding his official family from speaking to newspapers. The text argues this demonstrates how even the "most rigid and strenuous" leaders must compromise principle for practical necessity. The commentary suggests the policy is ultimately futile, noting the inherent contradiction in expecting consistency from people. The small profile sketch labeled "A Classic" with caption "The Original 'Straight Front'" appears to be a humorous reference to classical beauty standards or physiognomy.
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774 economy is not to skimp on the wardrobe; buy the best. you can possibly get the tradespeople to. trust. you for. “Cultivate your social gifts to. the utmost, and seck constantly to enlarge your acquaintance. Set this down as an axiom © more people you know, the more you can borrow from; and the more you can impress and dazzle them, the more they will yield “In our case, as I have stated, our entire income for the year was 98 cents Our expenses were $20,000. By careful, prudent rowing we managed to r: $8,000, and in deference to my husband's strict ideas of honor, this was at once applied on our debts “With the experience thus gained, we hope, with- out increasing our expendi- ture, to. borrow at least $12,000 during the coming year, and be able to set aside a sum to give in judicious charity Mrs. Wilson Woodrow ON’'T get rusty, and you won't squeak. Mum Is the Word. HE President's order forbidding mem- bers of his official family to talk to the newspapers, well illustrates the necessity which even the most rigid and strenuous of us are constantly under, of compromising theory to meet the exigencies of practice. If there any one thing the President stands for more than another, after polite football, universal peace, large families, and the simple life, it is a square deal, yet here vost.” we have him, almost at once, passing out a IT'S A CLASSIC “srt THE ORIGINAL deal which, in view of the delight public men have in slopping over in print, is dis- tinctly rhomboidal, not to say trapezoidal in form. Of course it doesn’t matter. It has been beautifully said that a man so great as never to be inconsistent were not a man but an angel, while a woman so great as never to be inconsistent were im- possible, since there are no women angels, H°’ hard we work for a soft snap. comicbooks.com a