Life — March 15, 1923 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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# "When Their Ships Come In" - Life Magazine This page features three separate articles about wealthy Americans returning from European voyages, accompanied by a cartoon titled "The Specialist." The main article discusses journalist interviews with homecoming passengers, including banker John W. Addlepleight from the Aquapuria and merchant William Jennings Laubenheimer from the Bicardie. Both men discuss taking rare vacations. **The cartoon** depicts a prize fighter claiming he was insulted and demanding payment before fighting. The caption reads: "But man, he's insulted you! He can't insult me. When I fight I gets paid for it—good." The satire mocks a pugilistic mercenary attitude—a boxer so focused on compensation that honor itself becomes negotiable. It's social commentary on working-class pragmatism versus genteel notions of pride.