Life, 1905-09-07 · page 11 of 42
Life — September 7, 1905 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a satirical cartoon and accompanying poem about fall fashion trends. The top cartoon depicts a domestic scene where a young man is confronted by an older man (likely a father figure) and woman regarding kissing the daughter—a common "courtship" humor trope of the era. Below is a poem titled "Fall Styles in Faces" by Wallace Irwin, illustrated with a horse wearing a top hat. The poem satirizes how wealthy men will adopt affected mannerisms and fashionable facial expressions—including specific mustache styles, smirks, and expressions—as status symbols on Wall Street and in high society. It mocks the artificiality of upper-class affectation, suggesting that even facial expressions become commodified fashion statements among the wealthy.
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Copyright, 1205, by Life Publishing Co. “YOUNG MAN, HAVE YOU REEN TRYING TO KISS MY DAUGHTER 2” “No, SIRE I'VE BEEN TRYING no? TO.” Fall Styles in Faces. ‘ACES this fall will lead the styles n in former years With something very neat in smiles med with eyes and ears. ints, Will have In ail the famous * And a bright a oses made ball tints” ion shade, (For morning wear in club and lobby ‘The dark brown taste will be the hobby.) In Wall Street they will wear a gaze To match the paving-stones. (This kind, Miss Ida T John Rockefeller own Loud mouths, sharp glances, furtive looks Will be displayed upon The faces of the be: med crooks Convened in Wa: ngton, joubtful morals, laurels.) (Among the Saints of Some will wear halos, 0! Checkered carcers will be displayed On faces neatly lined, And vanity will still parade In smirks—the cheaper kind, The Withelm moustache, curled with scorn, Will show the jaw beneath, And the Roosevelt Smile will still be worn Cut wide around the teeth, (If Frenzied Finance waxes stronger, Stocks will be * short " and faces longer.) Wallace Irwin, comicbooks.com .