Life, 1913-08-14 · page 9 of 40
Life — August 14, 1913 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains two separate pieces: **"Mountains" essay** (left): A descriptive piece celebrating mountain vacations as relief from urban life and summer heat. It references the Catskill Mountains specifically and emphasizes the physical and spiritual rejuvenation mountains provide. **"Who's Afraid?" cartoon dialogue** (right): A brief political exchange where Mrs. Hatterson, described as an "ardent suffragette," expresses concern about a Banking and Currency Bill potentially adding "hundred millions to our currency." Her husband dismisses her worry, and she responds that women's voting power could prevent such problems. The joke satirizes both suffragette activism and anxieties about monetary policy during the Progressive Era, suggesting women's political participation as a solution to financial mismanagement.
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“wito’s AFRAID?" Mountains OUNTAINS are huge masses of dirt and rocks, cov- ered with trees and hotels, also girls in summer. During parts of the year the Catskill Mountains are covered with Hebrews. Mountains vary in height according to whether you have a room with a bath and bring your auto with you. Mountains are noted for their lofty airs, They look down on ordinary hills with contempt. Every mountain has a valley. Valleys are what make mountains. Mountains also have camps, pines and lakes. These lakes are filled with ice water and make your cold bath in winter feel like a simoon. Nothing is more delicious when you have left the city on a hot summer’s day than to plunge into some mountain lake and feel the icicles form about your thyroid glands while you gaze off over the effete civilizations encouraged by the party now in power with a frappéd smile and a heart that beats in unison with your teeth. RS. HATTERSON (an ardent suffragette): Well, I see by the paper this morning that the new Banking and Currency Bill will add about five hundred millions to our currency. Hatterson (pleasantly): Yes. Wish we might come in for some of it, don’t you? Mrs. Hatterson (savagely) : That's just the point. We would if women had the vote. BASEBALL TALK CROSSING THE PLATE comicbooks.com