Life — June 14, 1906 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains no political cartoons. It's an editorial essay titled "What Life's Liking," addressing young male college graduates entering the workforce around 1906 (based on the volume number). The small illustrations—a mortarboard, a graduate, and a train—are decorative vignettes supporting the text rather than satirical cartoons. They illustrate the article's theme about young men's career prospects. The essay warns graduates against pursuing wealth dishonestly or through misconduct. It references recent railroad industry scandals (the Pennsylvania Railroad disclosure mentioned in the text) and encourages honest work over rapid fortune-seeking. The tone is moralistic, cautioning against the era's widespread business corruption and suggesting that steady, ethical labor provides better long-term satisfaction than shortcuts to riches.