Life, 1905-02-09 · page 8 of 22
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This page satirizes **Mrs. Imittor Dedd**, a prominent New York society leader. The central photograph shows an elaborately dressed woman with an ornate feathered headdress, embodying the excessive fashion and pretension the article mocks. The satire depicts her daily routine: waking late, requiring an hour for her appearance (aided by French maids), taking a light breakfast, making social calls, attending dinners and opera, and returning home by 4 A.M. The piece suggests she leads a superficial, consuming lifestyle despite being "relatively simple" compared to her peers. The accompanying verses and anecdotes mock wealthy socialites' vapidity and materialism. References to her husband—a U.S. Senator—and daughter engaged to "Count Borro" further ridicule the society world's obsession with status and titled connections.
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-LIFE- In the evening she leads the gang—that is, she shines—at some dinner, ball, or at the opera. Promptly at midnight—or somewhere between that hour and four A. M.—she is in bed again. Every Sunday morning she goes to church. In the Spring, the Dedd jewels are stowed away in vaults, and this remarkable woman, after being A Veritable Queen. tipped and varnished, is ready for Europe. N invitation to the house of this charming A portion of the summer she spends with her hus- leader of } ew York society is equivalent to band and charming daughter at their splendid place, a patent of nobility. Yet = = Rebate-on-th —and this statement may ve very close to Newport. Her surprise western farmers —Mrs. Innittor Dedd tively simple daughter is engaged to Count Borro and Keape. Mrs. Dedd’s husband, the Hon. Worsen Dedd, is the well-known United States Senator. The Dedds have al- ways been fashionable. leads a rel life. Even she herself, as compared with Creation as a whole, is a simple woman She generally wakes during the forenoon, and : A Psychopathic Hymn. IVE me a little aura bright when ready to be dressed, 1 button. This rings a fire alarm gong and opens, auto- matically, her chamber presses ap and fine, Bright and fine That like Borealis 1 Ennobled not by riches, fame ; y Aurora shine ; door, A corps of Unreckoned bad or good ; French maids rush in. Known but according to the ue " Iridescence I exude fo drag Mrs. Dedd from How sweet to banish love and hate, Debt, servants, clothes, and schism, her couch, bathe her, put on her clothes, do up her : - And simply sit and radiate hair and varnish her face ‘The colors of the prism! is but the work of an hour Marguerite Merington or two. To save time, No Hope. OUSEHOLDER: Don't hurry. Take everything in sight, You know I'm fully she takes her breakfast during this toilet. Break- fast, however, is a simple meal, consisting usually Sie: ieRieTOR DEON, protected by insurance. of coffee, a few eggs. Tue Burctar: Ab, yes. rolls, sardines, radishes, fish, cold bird and fruit. I'm one of the directors of that company. RS. CATTERSON (int the hospital house at the Zoo): ] What gorgeous birds there are here! I don't think I Mrs. Innittor Dedd is severely temperate, and rarely takes a cocktail before rising. Once dressed, this fascinating creature is ready ever saw a finer display in any milliner's to talk, walk or get into a carriage. These talents sate she inherits from her mother, who was a Virginia Fisst BURGLAR: Did you get much through New Creeper. England? Second Berctar : 1 got several proposals of marriage. After a lunch, which never includes anything more solid than considerable food and drinks, she drives and makes calls in the afternoon. HEN Poverty comes in at the door, Love fires him out of the window. comicbooks.com