Life — May 30, 1907 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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731 along the line of march is already commanding exorbitant figures. In the parade there will be several artistic and highly ornamental floats, rivaling in importance andart interest the celebrated New Orleans Mardi Gras. Among other we note the following: 1. Mormon Family at Home. (The husband is just coming up the stairs at one a.s.) 2. Moving Day in the Suburbs. (Husband in the background.) 3. Hiring Help. (Showing lifelike figure of the husband who is compelled by his wife to Special ambulances will accompany this division Rules Governing Awards The judges will make their awards strictly on merits. The general appear- ance of each husband will first be taken into consideration. Among others, the nagged and persecuted by his heartless owner. It is respectfully suggested that all ladies who wish to enter their husbands should make application at once, owing tothe great numbers. Space in windows make the round of intelligence offices.) 4. First of the Month. (An idyll of creditors.) s. A Burglar in the House. (No hus- band in sight.) 6. “You've caught cold.” (Showing cruel and inhuman treatment of husband by a young wife—an appealing bas-relief of helpless creature in bandages and blankets.) Others in preparation. A number of ambulances will be on hand for the benefit of those husbands who start in the parade, but are too weak to finish. There will be a special Liars’ Roll of Honor for husbands who can prove to the satis- following points will count: Weight, abil- ity to look the judge (Mrs. Nation) in the eye, nervous manner, cheerful air, sheepishness, ability to lie readily, amount of cash on person, etc. Purpose One word about our aim. Up to the present time there has been no concerted effort. among humanitarians toward bettering the condition of the down- trodden American working husband. From time to time our hearts are moved by some poor husband cruelly abused or left in neglect and want. Oftentimes husbands have been seen as late as two or three o'clock in the morning afraid to enter the house of their masters, and yet faithful to their lamppost of duty. It is not expected, of course, that any radical and immediate results will follow close upon this parade. But it is be- lieved that in its moral effects it will awaken the community at large to the need of more active sympathy with the poor husband, who is too often left to his own resources, who grows so thin that what remains of his ribs are allowed to stick out and who is, alas! too often All husbands will be returned comicbooks.com