Life, 1907-03-07 · page 11 of 52
Life — March 7, 1907 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and classified content** rather than satirical cartoons. The left side contains a medical caduceus symbol labeled "FATIGUING" (with a humorous poem about exhausting cottage walks) and five "Girl Wanted" classified ads seeking domestic help under specific conditions—satirizing rigid employer expectations of the era. The right side features a large **Stoddard-Dayton automobile advertisement** (1907), marketing the car as easy for women drivers to control. Below that is a **Jenner & Company** real estate notice and a **Puerto Rico cruise advertisement**. The only genuine satire is the "Hedging" section's employment ads, which mock Victorian-era class consciousness and domestic labor hierarchies by presenting increasingly absurd employer demands.
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FATIGUING Visiting Bugs ®2AtLV, 1 CANT UNDERSTAND WHY THESE RICH FOLKS LAY OUT SUCH HORRIBLY CROOKED WALKS UP TO THEIR COTTAGES Hedging First Week IRL wanted: German, Dutch or Swede Must be good-looking and polite; Good cook, and one we will not need ‘To watch to have her do things right. Must care for ba wash and bake, And keep things looking clean and neat; Mast sweep and have the beds to make. Address, J. P., 10 Umpty Street. , with reference; e years old Her looks are of no consequence If she will do just as she’s told. No washing will she have to d She can sit down with us to Have Sunday afternoons off, too. Address, J. P., 10 Umpty Street. Third Week Gil wanted: White or colored; one 'd like a homelike place to stay; s no cooking to be done; She can lay off at 3 each day. Will let her have the parlor nights, Where with her “steady” she can meets And she can exercise her rights. Address, J. P., 10 Umpty Street. Fourth Week Girl wanted: White, black, green or blue; Her age will cut no ice at all; very little work to do; 1 have the front room off the hall. My wife will cook; we both will wait Until she’s had a chance to eat; Het own conditions she may stat Address, J. P., 10 Umpty Street. Fifth Week Any kind or size No matter if she cannot bake; Het own will she may exercise, If cur home she will not forsake. In fact she nesdn’t work a bit, But simply stay there looking sweet. V ho knows a girl that this will fit? Ader ss, J. P., 10 Umpty Street. —Ridgway's. Girl wanted: The Car That Is MADE Good The CarThat HAS Made Good THE woman motorist can quite as easily control the smooth- going, dependable, noiseless Stoddard-Bapton as a chaf- feur of experience. A Delight to Every Owner PRICE, $2,500 Let us send you our 1907 Catalog of Quality, and “Satisfaction’— a booklet embodying scores of tributes from those who know the car. THE DAYTON MOTOR CAR CO. DAYTON, OHIO ———— = | JENNER & COMPANY Undivided Estates Exclusively 35 BROADWAY, NEW YORK + Cable Addrews “Jennlaan” Telephone 0304031 Keetor = + WP seat to at ested of contingent remainder payalde at some (Gture Gxed period fe advances upon the security of such interests. upon terms and at ley: Gacilities foe ha any requirement vrio Rieo isthe most pleasant way of spending three weeks—comnbining health and recreation. Luxuriously appointed steamships giving hotel accommodations for the entire trip. All out. side staterooms, Stopping at places of interest fora day or two of sightseeing. Special tourist JE __ateSiosincluding every expense, Booklets free. 2 ‘THE HEW YORK AND PORTO RICO STEAMSHIP CO.. 12 Beosowar, W. Y.. Gee ew traymondand Whitcomb Co—Ail comicbooks.com