Life — July 9, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Life Magazine Page Analysis This page features a brass medal "of the Fourth Class" awarded to **William Jennings Bryan**, the three-time presidential candidate and prominent politician. The medal's citation satirizes Bryan's famous positions: his belief that "alchemy of ignorance hot air may be transmitted into gold" and his Biblical literalism "except where it differs with him on the questions of wine, women and wealth." The satire mocks Bryan's inconsistency—claiming religious devotion while contradicting Scripture on these specific topics. The page also includes unrelated content: a father's letter advising his son on business etiquette, a golf cartoon, and a section titled "The Party Line" with theatrical gossip and a "Pageant of Progress" showing changing transportation from 1895-1955.