Life, 1906-03-01 · page 41 of 46
Life — March 1, 1906 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct editorial pieces and multiple advertisements (typical of Life magazine from this era). ## "How She Would Save Juliet" A brief humorous anecdote mocking rural or unsophisticated sensibilities. A farm widow, Mrs. Brand, attends her first theatrical performance—Shakespeare's *Romeo and Juliet*—and the satire lies in her practical reaction: she suggests that had Juliet consulted a nurse figure (implied to be a morally conscientious woman), the tragic ending could have been prevented. The joke targets the collision between high culture and practical, conventional morality—the widow's common-sense inability to appreciate theatrical tragedy. ## "Shirt Fronts" A satirical essay about men's formal dress, specifically the aggravation of starched shirt fronts with studs and cufflinks. The author complains that while women effortlessly transform themselves for formal occasions, men suffer absurd indignity wrestling with inflexible starched fabric. It's a gender-commentary piece mocking masculine frustration with fashion requirements. The remainder consists of period railroad and commercial advertising.
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How She Would Save Juliet. RS. DRINKWATER, wife of the genial colonel, spent some weeks last summer in northern Maine at the comfortable farmhouse n honest widow, Mrs. Brand, who adds to her income by keeping summer boarders. ntly Mrs. Brand made her first visit to ston, and while there met Mrs. Drinkwater, ho took her to see Julia Marlowe in “Romeo id Juliet.” Mrs. Brand had never before been a theatre. “Campmeetin’” had been her dest dissipation. Mrs. Drinkwater’s interest was equally vided between her companion and the stage. When they left the theatre Mrs. Brand was lent. Her usual volubility had quite deserted her. Mrs. Drinkwater respected her silence, id said nothing until they were well on their omeward way. At last she ventured to ask: How did you like it, Mrs. Brand?” Mrs. Brand turned toward her, and the tears started to her eyes, as she. said: “Oh, Mrs. Drinkwater, I couldn't help thinkin’ how dif- jerent that play might have ended if the nuss ad been a different kind of a woman and had pointed Juliet to Jes: Shirt Fronts. HERE is, however, one article of men’s dress, in defence of which there is noth- ing to be said. What makes men so often late for a dinner party? What leads to the emis- sion of more “words” and provokes more ebulli- tions of irritability than probably anything else in the world—excluding always a herd of pigs ‘o drive; but we are not all pig drivers. Is it not the starched shirt, with its front and cuffs, hard, like a coat of mail? And yet into its nterstices delicate studs and sleeve links have o be introduced before the luckless wight can be considered presentable in society. A woman transforms herself, hair, footgear, everything, decks herself in jewels and in lustrous raiment, and meanwhile her lord and master, man, the one rational being, is struggling, apoplectic, with his shirt front. Ah! what battles have been fought by distracted bachelors! What tortures have been undergone by sensitive women, when first confronted with the man they love, whom they had fondly deemed in- capable of a swear word, but like Laocoon con- tending against embracing serpents, but con- tending with a shirt front, into which he has unwarily introduced his head, and which has been sent home buttoned up from the laundry. —London Chronicle. This Train Runs Over Salt Water To cut two hours off the trip to Cali- fornia, tracks have been laid across Great Salt Lake,—on strong piling, of course. That’s one reason why the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Overland Limited is three meals shorter to San Fran- cisco, via Omaha, than any other way. Just save this time and money on your trip to California There’s pleasure and profit in a trip to California —either or both. Everyone should know about it. For full information inquire of €. L. LOMAX, CG. P. A. Omaha, Neb. You may visit the Grand Canyon Arizona en route to golden California on the luxurious California Limited El Tovar Hotel, at the Grand Canyon, fur- nishes metropolitan service. Under management of Fred. Harvey. The California Limited is the only train to Southern California, via any line, exclusively for first-class travel. All the facts if you ask Passe Allthe Way Santa Fe System Lines, Railway fm Ina Pullman SEEDS GROW! 3.202 Best_Seeds that can be grown, you should read The Thirtleth Anniversary Edition of—W—W— BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL a 1908, 80 well known as the“ Leading American Seed Catalogue." It is mailed FRE Better write TOeDAY. W. ATLEE BURPEE @ CO., PHILADELPHIA, P. BURPEE’ comicbooks.com