Life, 1900-11-08 · page 1 of 20
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# Life Magazine, November 8, 1900 This page features an illustration depicting a domestic scene where a man confronts a woman at a desk. The caption reads: "You have been accustomed to luxuries, my dear, but you must remember that it is hard for me to begin where your father left off...Why, but papa says he would probably find it impossible to leave off after you had begun." The cartoon satirizes the financial expectations and class anxieties of wealthy families during the Gilded Age. It mocks a husband's complaint about his wife's expensive tastes while humorously suggesting her father spoiled her with unlimited spending. The joke hinges on the double meaning of "leave off"—stopping versus continuing—implying the wife's spending habits are insatiable and inherited from paternal indulgence.
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NEW YORK, NOV. 8, 1900. NUMBER 989, Entered at the New York Post Office as Second-Ciass Mail Matter, Copyright, 1900, by Live PUBLISHING COMPANY. . Ine J i \ “YoU HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO LUXURIES, MY DEAR, BUT YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT IT 18 HARD YOR ME TO BEGIN WHERE YOUR PATHER LEFT OFF.” “OU, BUT PAPA SAYS HE WOULD PROBABLY FIND IT IMPOSFIBLE TO LEAVE OFF AFTER YOU HAD BEGUN.” cOMIcDOOKS*COM