Life — August 27, 1908 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 211 This page contains three satirical profiles under "Who's What": 1. **"Fight On"** - A pyrotechnics manufacturer from South Carolina, depicted as a self-made farmer-turned-businessman who avoided "pitfalls" and achieved Senate consideration. 2. **Reid, Whitelaw** - Described as an ambassador to England and Standard Oil representative, characterized as an aristocrat and diplomat who formerly worked at the *Tribune*. The satire suggests his privileged social position despite his journalistic past. 3. **Wall Street** - The longest entry satirizes Wall Street as "the most sterile spot on earth," claiming it produces only "Has Beens and Panics." The text mocks it as a necessity containing "treacherous pools" and warns it will "undoubtedly exist after orthodoxy has been buried." The accompanying cartoon "Shoddy" depicts a character referencing Mr. Buffin's "valuable opinion," with dialogue about cotton—likely satirizing commercial or political corruption.