Life, 1910-11-03 · page 41 of 72
Life — November 3, 1910 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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The page contains two satirical pieces about early 20th-century American life. **Top cartoon**: A humorous domestic scene where a woman admires another's dark gown paired with salmon-pink, but reveals she caught a cold at "Mrs. Fisher's party" and cannot smell, see, or hear properly—so the color coordination is irrelevant to her. The joke mocks superficial fashion concerns among wealthy women. **"Brokers" article**: Sharp satire on Wall Street brokers' dishonesty. The piece explains brokers appear "agreeable" because they're completely indifferent to clients' interests. Whether a stock rises or falls, the broker profits equally from commissions. The satire concludes sarcastically that clients should trust brokers because "your interests and his do not conflict"—obviously false. A closing joke about "no internal injuries" from Customs suggests brokers are smugglers. The satire targets broker corruption and the era's casual acceptance of financial bad faith.
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IF WE ONLY COULD, “BUT, DO YOU THINK YOUK DARK ONE WILL LOOK SO WELL WITH THAT SALMON-PINK GOWN? "* “NO, MUT I CAUGHT COLD IN MY BLONDE HEAD AT MRS. FISHERS PARTY, AND CAN'T SMELL OR SER OR HEAR WITIT 1T,'" Brokers HE question is often asked: Why are Wall Street brokers such agreeable and lovable chaps? The answer is simple. There is every reason why a broker should be the most obliging individual on the face of the earth. One can always be obliging when one is disinterested. The broker docsn’t the market is doing, so long as it is doing. If a customer comes in and says Pan. Am. Common looks as if it were going up, the successful broker will say yes. If he says no, the customer is likely to hold off a little and the more he holds off the less the commission for the broker. If the next customer says Pan. Am. Common looks as if it were going down, again will the broker answer in the affirmative, for the commission is the same, regardless of the direction of Pan. Am. Common or any other stock. Do not be afraid of your broker. Your interests and his do not conflict. “D)ID you have any trouble in getting through the Custom House? '’ “No internal injurics."’ comicbooks.com