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This page contains two distinct articles about women's fashion and social behavior from the 1880s-90s era. **"Dressing According to the Almanac"** discusses summer fashions, particularly the "Marguerite" style (named after actress Ellen Terry's costume in *Faust*). The article mocks women's impractical adherence to seasonal fashion trends—elaborate looped skirts, perky bonnets with assertive bows, and dainty boots—despite practical concerns like warmth. The satire targets women's obsessive, sometimes contradictory fashion choices and their willingness to follow trends regardless of comfort or logic. **"Politeness Costs Nothing"** (lower cartoon) depicts a domestic scene where "Mr. Fraidcat" cowardly sends his wife to investigate an unknown noise, invoking "ladies first, always!"—sarcastically suggesting that men hide behind outdated courtesy conventions to avoid danger themselves. Both pieces satirize gender roles and social conventions of the era, mocking both women's fashion obsessions and men's use of politeness as an excuse for cowardice.

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