Life, 1902-04-17 · page 3 of 22
Life — April 17, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 321 The top illustration, "The Moth: A Lepidopteran Insect with Nocturnal Habits," depicts five women with moth-like wings emerging from their backs. This is a satirical visual metaphor about women's nightlife and evening entertainment during the Jazz Age era. The "Society" section below reports on wealthy New Yorkers—Mr. and Mrs. Fabulous Pyle planning a summer trip, Mrs. Forney Strutt's dinner party, and Billy Shanum's racing incident. The final item mentions Miss Sadie Plumb's expensive coming-out party costing thirty-two hundred dollars. The right cartoon mocks tobacco smoking, showing a man defending his smoking habit with crude justifications about fire departments and water pipes—satirizing weak arguments smokers used to defend the habit.
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