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# Life Magazine, June 21, 1888 - "At the Club" This is a satirical cartoon about men's club culture in the Gilded Age. Two well-dressed gentlemen sit on a couch in conversation. The dialogue suggests a humorous exchange about maintaining eyeglasses: one man asks how the other keeps his eye-glass "in so well," and receives the cheeky reply, "You must clip your eye-lashes, Dolly." The joke plays on vanity and affectation among wealthy club members. "Dolly" appears to be a dismissive or mocking nickname, suggesting the man is overly concerned with fashionable accessories and appearance. The cartoon satirizes the pretension and superficiality of exclusive men's clubs, where maintaining proper appearance and engaging in trivial conversation were social priorities. The monocle was a status symbol of the era.
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yOLUME XI. NEW YORK, JUNE 21, 1888. NUMBER 286, Entered at the New York Post Office as Second-Class Mail Matter. Copyright, 1888, by Mircumt & Mier. —_— ed LS an AT THE CLUB. “BaBY, HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR EYE-GLASS IN SO WELL?" “You MUST CLIP YOUR EYE-LASHES, DOLLY,” comicbooks.com