Life, 1905-10-12 · page 7 of 26
Life — October 12, 1905 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes young men's romantic inexperience through multiple cartoons. The main article argues that men need practice in courtship before marriage, comparing it to an apprenticeship. The top cartoon shows a pudgy man juggling hearts—depicting the "training" phase. The middle illustration depicts a awkward encounter between a man and woman at a fence, with the caption "Do you call that thing on your head a hat?"—mocking his appearance and social clumsiness. The bottom cartoon by Barrouds shows a stork delivering a baby, with the caption "Bless me if I know which to send"—a joke about reproduction and the randomness of parenthood. Overall, the page humorously critiques men's need for romantic education before committing to marriage.
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™S Love’s Apprenticesnip. ATRI- MONY an occu- in- ulg:d in by numbers men with by others with more or less inquietude end dissatisfaction Its practice is so univer- sal and the res cb- tained so impertant that the amornt of training necessary to render men able to cope with it would seem to be worth uttention It is important to know how many girls a man ought to love before he is in a fit con- dition to get married. If he loves too many, y become overtrained. His perspe wy be warped, and he is likely at this nent to have the wool pulled over’ 3 by some creature with false hair and brain, who is looking for a situation Scrappy: DO YOU CALL THAT THING ON YOUR HEAD A HAT? noney spender in the domicile of a a Mrs, Scrappy: DO YOU CALL THAT THING IN YOUR HAT A HEAD? mark, On the other hand, if he few, he may lack just cnough real experience good thing at the right moment, when the man. Some men grow more foolish all the time, again, much depends upon and every girl they fall in love with makes them worse. While other men, with no practice, will step into a bunch of femininity and pick out a winner every time. Speaking generally, however, the average man needs to be thrown down once or twice before he is ready for the halter. To get the right kind of « _ it $s well to begin when are about ten years old, girl who admits she is years older than you are, About twenty years after- wards she will be a good deal younger than you are; but that is another story. Love this girl as much as your nature will permit. If you feel like going into a large-sized battle on her behalf, where the enemy outnumbers you ten to one, or resetting her from a twenty-five-story burning building, or dying some agonizing death with a kind smile on your face as she leans over you and sprinkles you with new mown hay, then you have the right symptoms. The next girl you fall in love with is, in half the cases, the girl you really ought to marry—but i Later you will look back upon this second love as being the you will not. genuine, Simon pure article. After this the benefit received from the girl you will fall in love with will depend entirely upon yourself But by and by, when you finally find one who says “Ye: a3} not dorget that your ultimate success with her will de- upon th nount of ignorance you have “RLESS ME IP 1 KNOW WHICH TO SEND.” acet eda a 4 ers. comicbooks.com