Life, 1909-03-04 · page 21 of 44
Life — March 4, 1909 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page contains two main elements: **The Cartoon:** A satirical illustration showing New York's skyscrapers so tall they're covered in ice and snow year-round, with a tourist airship labeled "SEEING NEW YORK" floating past. The joke mocks New York's extreme height and harsh climate—the buildings are absurdly tall enough to reach perpetually frozen altitudes. **The "Newspapers" Essay:** Critiques the gender divide in newspaper content. The author acknowledges that women's pages reflect women's interests (fashion, social events, gossip), but argues this triviality mirrors how men's pages—with their "sporting slang," "political hysterics," "murders and markets"—reflect men's minds equally poorly. The satire suggests both sexes deserve criticism for their reading choices. **The Dialogue Jokes:** Two brief exchanges mocking bridge-playing and theater terminology among the social elite. The overall tone is urbane social satire targeting early 20th-century American upper-class preoccupations and gender stereotypes.
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333933. Guide: YEAR. Newspapers HE woman’s page in the news- papers is got up by women for women, and what does it reflect, with its appalling gush, its everlasting: disclosure of serious endeavor petering out in teas and tattle? If it be the last word: But let’s not be unjust. As properly assume that the remaining pages, their THIS IS NEW YORK. MANY NEW YORKERS LIVE UP THERE ITS OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE CO’ DURING THE D with sporting slang, their political hysterics, their murders and their markets, mirror the minds of men. Yet the newspaper has undoubtedly its significance. It shows, for instance, how hardly the bargaining instinct that’s in us withstands the offer of all the print we can carry away for a cent. Ramsey Benson. ICE AND SNOW THE ENTIRE SUMMER MONTHS. “TFOn'T you think it is a terrible thing for a young gitl like that to spend all of her time playing bridge?” “Well, I don’t know. ways wins.”’ She almost al- the leading lady is a star, what is the chorus? "* “Easy. The Great Bare." comicbooks.com