Life, 1894-07-19 · page 1 of 16
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# Life Magazine, July 19, 1894 This page contains a single cartoon titled "All Right Either Way," depicting a domestic scene between a man and woman. The dialogue concerns financial security in marriage: the man (Herbert) assures the woman that her lack of wealth doesn't matter to him, and that he would provide for her if he died. She responds that if *she* should die, she would also be well provided for. The satire appears to target marital attitudes toward money and financial dependence, likely mocking either the pretense of romantic indifference to wealth or the calculating nature of matrimonial agreements among the middle or upper classes. The woman's phrasing suggests ironic commentary on the asymmetrical economic vulnerabilities spouses faced during this era.
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VOLUME XXIV. NEW YORK, JULY 10, 1894. NUMBER 603. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second-Class Mail Matter. Copyright, 1894, by Mircwert. & Mutter. ALL RIGHT EITHER WAY. “DOES THE FACT THAT I HAVE MONEY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO YOU, HERBERT DEAR?” ‘OF COURSE IT DOES, MY OWN, IT IS SUCH A COMFORT TO KNOW THAT IF I SHOULD DIE YOU WOULD BE WELL PROVIDED FOR.” “But SUPPOSE I SHOULD DIE?” “THEN I SHOULD RE WELL PROVIDED FOR.”