Life, 1899-03-25 · page 5 of 32
Life — March 25, 1899 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 245 This page contains a satirical cartoon titled "ECONOMY" depicting a social scene where a woman (labeled as "missing") complains about spending $25 on a new dress when she could get a new one for $2. The cartoon mocks wealthy women's wasteful spending habits and their disconnect from economic reality. Below the cartoon are brief essays on truth and character, followed by "Mary's Little Lamb"—a humorous rewritten version of the classic nursery rhyme suggesting the lamb now lives "on alimony," likely satirizing modern divorce and women's financial independence. The overall theme critiques upper-class women's extravagance and changing social attitudes toward marriage and economics in the early 20th century.
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Oupyright, 1999, by Life Pubiishing On She (musing): rt SERM8 A PITY TO SPEXD TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS TO HAVE A GOWN MADE OVER, WUEN I CAN GET 4 NEW ONE FOR TWO HUNDRED. Mary's Little Lamb. When Brown says black is white, he may be stating the Truth from his point of view. If you disagree with him it is not necessary to call him a liar, and em- phasize it with rude, barsh adjectives. You can effect all your purposes by lamenting, confidentially, that Brown is color blind. ECONOMY. The most satisfactory definition so far of Truth, and the one that seems to have met much personal and individual popu- larity, is this: “Truth is my version of all human affairs.” Joseph Smith, ORE women are wooed for their complexions than their characters. ARY had a millionaire, His head was soft as And everywhere that Mary wi Why, he was sure to go. Ho followed her to church on: And then they had a row, Arranged by Mary, Mary lives On alimony now. dough, ent, e day, comichooks.