Life, 1899-10-26 · page 3 of 20
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# "The Proper Education" — Life Magazine Page 323 **Main Illustration:** Two elegantly dressed women in conversation. The caption reads: "Daughter (home from a seminary): 'We no sooner learn a little about one subject, mamma, than we stop and turn to another. You must remember, dear, that I am fitting you to enter society.'" **The Satire:** This mocks the limited, superficial education offered to upper-class women of this era. Rather than serious intellectual study, young women's schooling prioritized social accomplishment and "fitting" them for marriage and society. The daughter ironically lectures her mother about this shallow approach, suggesting even the student recognizes its inadequacy. **Lower Section Jokes:** Include brief satirical exchanges on civilization, European politics, and marital compatibility—typical Life magazine humor of the period (appears to be early 1900s based on style).
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TS) over Au- erie, Wid nile urk- ides, ) our any h St n SAYS: IND ib EITHER ED, 03 N wines YTHING DEFIN} Copyright, 1499, by Liye Publishing Co. THE PROPER EDUCATION. Daughter (home jrom a seminary): WR XO SOONER LYARN A LITTLY ABOUT ONE SUBJECT, MAMMA, THAN WE STOP AND TURN TO ANOTHER. “YOU MUST REMEMBER, DRA, TUAT 1 AM PITTING YOU TO ENTER SOCIETY." A Discrepancy. DMINISTRATIONER: The Fili- pinos are one hundred years behind us in civilization, OrrositionmaM: One hundred ? I thought it was at least one hundred and twenty-five years ago when we began to fight for liberty. Exchange on Europe. 188 MIDAS, on a trip to Albion's shoro, Captured a baronet of just throe-score; Gavo him her youth, her money, and her charms, Whilst sho got nothing but—a coat-of- arms. Incompatible. HE FAIR CLIENT: I cannot live happily with a man with whom I do not sympathize. Tue Lawyer: In what do you differ? “Well, he doesn’t believe in debt.”