Life, 1906-04-12 · page 10 of 24
Life — April 12, 1906 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon depicts two figures: a military officer (wearing a helmet and uniform) confronting what appears to be a woman in classical draped clothing holding a torch—likely representing Liberty or civic virtue. The officer asks "What street is this, officer?" and responds "U-Wall Street. Great Zeus, this is no place for me!" The satire criticizes military involvement in financial matters. The juxtaposition of military authority with Wall Street symbolism suggests tension between military and commercial interests. The classical female figure represents idealized civic values being threatened or compromised by financial/military concerns. The accompanying text sections ("Unpleasant," "Practical Advice," and "Conclusions") appear to discuss religious skepticism and modern philosophy, though these seem separate from the cartoon's primary message about military-financial conflicts.
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466 High Finance A Capitulation ONCENTRATION Cc ACCUMULATION RGANIZATION COMBINATION INFLATION SYNDICATION SPECULATION PECULATION PERTURBATION INVESTIGATION ABDICATION KESTORATION INCAKCERATION A Proselyte hat, you sav- shouted — the into st in time rush’ the chief's hut j to save his third wiie’s life “You heathen, do miserable you mean?” “Why, ished chief, ing in to be a € “What? “You told us, Su that the first must do before we joined the radiant throng was to smash up all our idols; and I jt there woman.” Unpleasant R. HENRY JAME! discovery that the Boston Public Library is practically without. penetral with crushing comes just at this time, when our faith in sacred things is beingso verely tried ree, But th the mind reels, yet hope still mounts. Is it not possible that the walls of the structure You EXPLAIN How VANTAIL. FINSIST THAT THAT BLACK FEATHER COT UNTO 2: WHAT STREET IS THIS, OFFICER? er! W=WALL S-STREFT. Diogenes: GREAT ZEUS, are suflicie addition of ly strong to permit of the a few penctralia of modest dimensions ? We scem to recall, without vainglory, now, that the Boston Public Library the buildin; which a most magnifi- cent frieze has been getting itself made All this will seem. pretty trivial, without le penctralia to set it off. We sha’ have an unpleasant spectacle, indeed, if unity of cultivated who ave set out in good h to hang the expense, must needs end with having to hang their civic head. comm taste, Practical Advice Bisniop: Never again preach against or reject so-called tainted money. Curate: Yes, sir; but Bisuop: No buts; if we intend to suc- cessfully compete with the devil on mod- em lines we must first ru’n him financially. THIS IS NO PLACE ror ME! Conclusions HE twentieth century world after de- liberating over the literature of the new scientific Psycho-Patho-Neuro School has finally resolved: hat there is no God. That euthanasia is always justifi- able. at Vice is really Virtue, and that Virtue has been proved to be nothing but Vice; that Morality is entirely relative spasm of pain hat religion, especially Christian for the weaklings alone. That there is no Happin 7. That the “Golden Rule” is a hoax; pity is contemptible and Self is the only end. 8. ‘That Power is the stonmum bonum of existence—and that modem scientific knowledge is power. comicbooks.com