The thread of life. Illustration shows the mythological figures of fate in the form of a man (representing Lachesis) labeled Commercial Lawlessness sitting with a pile of money on his lap, handing money labeled Bribery to a man (representing Atropos) wearing a uniform labeled Crooked Inspection and holding a pair of scissors labeled Disaster, he is about to cut a thread that extends from the businessman to the figure of Clotho labeled Human Life standing between them. At their feet, on the left, are railroad and steamship accidents, a building fire, and dead bodies, and on the right, is a ticker tape machine. Date 1907 March 13. The thread of life. Illustration shows the mythological figures of fate in the form of a man (representing Lachesis) labeled Commercial Lawlessness sitting with a pile of money on his lap, handing money labeled Bribery to a man (representing Atropos) wearing a uniform labeled Crooked Inspection and holding a pair of scissors labeled Disaster, he is about to cut a thread that extends from the businessman to the figure of Clotho labeled Human Life standing between them. At their feet, on the left, are railroad and steamship accidents, a building fire, and dead bodies, and on the right, is a ticker tape machine. Date 1907 March 13.