Life — September 20, 1906 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The Long Engagement" - Life Magazine, Page 307 The main cartoon depicts a well-dressed man and woman by a riverbank, with a small child in the background wearing a top hat. The title "The Long Engagement" suggests satirizing prolonged courtships. Below are three brief humorous pieces: **"Just the Thing"** criticizes the scarcity of taxi drivers (chauffeurs), blaming judges who should be compelled to drive instead of sitting on the bench—a jest about judicial surplus versus transportation shortage. **"High Finance"** depicts a mother praising her son's honesty for not taking money from her purse, though his father says it's wrong to take anything when you might get caught—mocking hypocritical parental morality. **"Recuperative"** jokes about Senator Blank talking excessively, suggesting he needs intellectual rest between speeches.