Life, 1902-02-13 · page 5 of 30
Life — February 13, 1902 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# "More Attractive" - Life Magazine Satire This illustration satirizes social pretension and servant management among the wealthy. The caption quotes Mr. Gaylor discussing a maid's behavior: he instructed the maid that when making calls, if she encountered the door-opener, "he would rather sit in the kitchen." The cartoon depicts an elegantly dressed woman in an elaborate gown and feathered hat, accompanied by her small dog, surrounded by fashionable society figures. The satire mocks the absurd class hierarchies of the period—the notion that a gentleman would prefer his maid sequester herself in the kitchen rather than be seen by domestic staff. It ridicules both the master's snobbish pretensions and the servant-class anxieties that enabled such ridiculous social conventions.
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MORE ATTRACTIVE, “was TuaT MR. GAYLon? “Yus, THE HORRID THING! UE TOLD ME THAT OFTEN IN MAKING CALLS, WHEN HE Saw TUE MAID WHO CAME TO THE DOOR, NE WOULD RATHER SIT IN THE KITCHEN." comicbooks.com