Life, 1909-05-13 · page 26 of 32
Life — May 13, 1909 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** rather than political cartoon content. It features: **Main advertisements:** - Whiting Papers (writing stationery), emphasizing that their French Organdie brand is "standard" for women's correspondence - Briarcliff Lodge (resort hotel in upstate New York) - Rock Island-Frisco railway lines promoting Colorado tourism - White Rock table water **Editorial content:** The "From Our Readers" section contains a letter from James Montgomery Flagg describing a woman working as a surveyor/draftsperson in Colorado Springs around 1909. The letter celebrates her professional competence while noting surprise that a woman performs technical work typically done by men—remarking on female surveyors, draftspeople, and even a female taxi driver. **Historical context:** This reflects early 1900s attitudes where women in professional/technical roles were noteworthy curiosities rather than commonplace, despite their clear capability. The satirical section ("Sarcastic") contains a brief legal joke unrelated to the page's main content.
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FOR FINE CORRESPONDENCE OR FOR GENERAL BUSINESS USES WHITING, PAPERS | ARE STANDARD | NTS | | The first American paper made with the | fabric finish, which is so popular, was Whiting’s French Organdie Thispaper,or some variation of it,has become | a necessary adjunct to the writing desk of | every woman who must have the best. A | companion paper to the French Organdie, but of a less pronounced surface finish is the Whiting’s Organdie Glace Both papers are made in London White, | Egyptian Blue, Ash Gray, and other popu- lar shades. When you think of writing think of Whiting Sarcastic If 1 were In't be a fe you T we “True.” Urcarnsoy : right about ¢ Atom: Not kind once that was too funny for anything. tall lawyer ned Short was readi word document he called a brief—Chicago Tri- bune. a 6,000- “IESE Bruanciiry Maxon, N. BRIARCLIFF LODGE A Resort Hotel of High Quality DAVID B. PLUMER, Manager Represented at 54, Rast 46th St ork, "Phone From Our Readers She Is Here James Montgomery sti ule conditions for a period so close rs hence, but does it, really? In fac . conditions Not so long 1s they are azo I wemt into the Surveyor General's Office in a tain Western ¢ the chief cle nature, erate, g here in 1999 of office, She filled the sw “ maho) , about th came to the what she h perfectly sked kis chief if + capable J him to get (ho dl then procceded in as few clerks 10 m of a certain Col only a few days later—I up a Geolo: Press Bu my surprise read where the larger part of the geology and topography of the recently published Pi Iphia Folio had been done by a woman! picked ical Survey . and to fice in Colora She got tired of “ hiring a . and so she employed messenge! 1 woman, $ you yourself ha e Garden of the Gods’ But ¢ Iver City, N. further proof that “1912 “ 1909." There will see sidewalk. If you go down to the creck, which runs through town, you will see in course of constru and hi retaining wall On the job you will se erican ston with shirted nding: hossing—in all Omega And what from 7 a.m been driven ough by a lady cabbie. M., if you need any ared to over them, § branches—from Alpha to she is on the job its is more, The Best Way to the Best Place It’s the to cation w vacation land, stenographer, mai valet—is only one of seve ins whicd 1 Kansas Ci ham eve and Denver, over the Rocke [slarel-Frisco Lines One night from Chicago or St. Louis; two nights from New York, Bostoa or Philadelph er. Fr worthy a place in any Library. JOHN SEBASTIAN, Passenger Traffic Manager 6 La Salle Street Station, + + Chicago, Ill. are not proud of the every foot of their like to think that their big retaining wall is beirg constructed by the short-skirted, long-sighted lady contractor. And so, Li 2 woman put pr, if we could just shi wreaths from our upper leisured workers, we would have the 1912 kins, Sister & Co. looking li hour after the regular W. ti Jas. Boutex M., March 28, 1909. WhileRock “The World’s Best Table Never realy, 1208 6 pth and illustrated k Water’’ hi ify bo comicbooks.com