Life, 1906-10-04 · page 28 of 44
Life — October 4, 1906 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page combines two satirical pieces targeting male readers of the era. **"Our Habits"** is a humorous essay addressing bachelors, arguing that bad habits deserve recognition alongside good ones. The author suggests bad habits provide pleasure and serve as useful warnings, while good habits are overrated and unreliable ("go on strike"). The piece satirizes masculine self-deception—men readily notice others' flaws but rarely their own. **"The Stock Market" section** is a clever wordplay joke exploiting literal meanings of financial terms. Phrases like "Bear on Pacific" and "Eggs Climbing Higher" work as both market language and absurdist humor, mocking readers who take Wall Street jargon literally. The accompanying sketch shows well-dressed men and women in social conversation, illustrating the bachelor lifestyle being discussed. The closing quip about preachers and vacations is unrelated moral commentary. Overall, the page targets educated male readers with gentle ribbing about their habits and financial literalism.
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QUESTIONS FOR BACHELORS 15 THERE SAPETY IN NUMBERS ? Our Habits a IS well to keep on hand a judicious and comprehensive stock of bad habits to select from in case of necessity. As for our good habits, they are pretty likely to take care of They should also be cultivated judiciously A set of overworked good ys conducive to the best results. © They may suddenly go on strike just at the time when one needs them most. Bad habits have been almost universally held up to scorn, and there is, no doubt, much reason why this should be so. But let us be fair and give them their just due. One needs to know them enough to be persuaded of their danger. Frequently they are a source of pleasure, and when we have parted from them we may look back with regret. It often happens, however, that we do not reccgnize them until we have gotten rid of them. We always know them when some one else has them, but rarely when they are our own. Good habits, on the contrary, we are much more prone to recognize in ourselves than in others. The Stock Market For the Man Who Takes Everything Literally CHEESE ON ADVANCE. Wall Street Very Weal Monday Was a Heavy Day. Cheese Market Stronger, The Bears Pounded May. Here’s a Bear on Pacific. © Is Mr. J. P. Morgana Bull? Bears Have Been Badly Hit. The Kind of Bull Gates Is. Wheat ‘Advanced Sharply. Eggs Climbing Higher. Hogs Go Lower To-day. Dressed Hogs Were Higher. Eggs Beginning to Drop. Stocks Were Rather Tame. Had 86,400,000 Passengers. “ Cattle Cabled Rather Easy, Local Oats Advancing. Mexicans Also Have Rally. Another Jump in Oil. I preachers meant atl they say, they would take no vaca- tions. comicbooks.com