Life, 1909-06-24 · page 11 of 29
Life — June 24, 1909 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains humorous illustrations about marriage and weight gain. The main story "A Growing Love" satirizes Mr. and Mrs. Married Bliss, a couple depicted as increasingly overweight despite their efforts to lose weight. The physician character notes they were once "graceful and slender" but have grown plump together. The accompanying cartoons mock their physical deterioration: one shows a man digging in a garden labeled "Paris Green" (pesticide), captioned "to the victor belong the spoils"; another depicts a woman at a picnic. The humor relies on period-appropriate commentary about marital domesticity leading to weight gain and physical decline—a common satirical theme in early 20th-century American humor magazines that used exaggeration and caricature to critique social behaviors.
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