Life, 1901-02-21 · page 9 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 149 This page contains two distinct pieces: **"Lonesome" Cartoon:** The main illustration depicts two fashionably dressed women in an interior setting. The caption reads: "Does your husband go out to his club very much?" with response "Very often a day. He always comes home along, you know." This satirizes the social convention of men frequenting clubs while leaving wives at home—a commentary on marital separation and gender-based social segregation among the upper class. **"The Diary of a Diary":** A short humor piece criticizing a "nice-looking girl" who complains excessively in her diary. The satire mocks both the diary-writing habit and women's perceived tendency toward melancholy introspection—typical period humor targeting women's emotional expression as tedious. Both pieces reflect early-20th-century gender dynamics and social class attitudes.
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LONESOME. “*DORS YOUR HUSBAND GO OUT To Hts CLUB VERY MUCH YT” “YES, QUITE A GOOD DEAL. OE MATES TO BTAY HOME ALONE, YOU KNOW.” The Diary of a Diary. Mt Lam bought. She is a nice- looking girl, but seems mighty quiet Well, all the better ; I hate to be bothered. She has put me away in a comfortable desk, very plensant after that crowded shelf in the store. I shall have a good time in this house. Jan N Cc e is quiet. TI poor thing told me about it last night. Something to do with a man who hasn't’ money enough to suit her father. I'm sorry, but I do wish people wouldn't drop tears on one's glazed paper. It ruins one’s complexion. This morning I'm a sight. Jan. 3.—She talks to me of joining a sisterhood or the University Settle- ment. What rot! Imagine us in Rivington Street ! 449 Jan. 4.—More tears; this ‘ds awful. Jan. &.—Wish I was back in the shop. Jan. 6—Mer father is going to take her South, The doctor says she needs it. I know what she needs, Jan. 8.—We are off. T have to be peneil-written on the train. Degradin Jan. 10-At Aiken, She takes me out under a pine tree, Great Scott! How the ickens did he get here? She is frightened, drops me on the ground, runs ‘k to hotel. Te puts me in his pocket and follows her, We meet papa; a scene, Evi- dently Lam forgot Jan. Phis is extremely embartassing. 1 passed the night under his pillow. He wanted to look didn't, of course good sort. Maybe manage it Jan. 12—He did me up in a paper and sent me to her room. Her father guessed that the package eame from him, and untied it. Old cad. More than that, he's going toread me, Well, 'm—he only read one sentence, and it made his eyes blink, Glad of it, He's a widower, and she’s the only child. Jan. 3.—Vapa asked him to dinner. Jan. 14—O. K, It's better tobe kissed than it is to be cried over. Barrington Kutt, [Tisstrange the English humorons papers have had nothing to say about De Wet weather in the Transvaal. BEATTITUDES. comicbooks.com