Life, 1909-08-26 · page 11 of 28
Life — August 26, 1909 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct pieces of satire: **"A Graduate"** (top right) mocks a ticket agent's condescending interaction with a young man, suggesting the agent thinks the graduate is naive or foolish about purchasing train tickets—poking fun at generational or class attitudes. **"Women Who Ride Astride"** (bottom) criticizes Georgia legislators attempting to ban women from riding horses in divided skirts. The accompanying cartoon shows angry men (labeled with "MEAT BILL," "BREAD BILL," "FUEL") drowning under women's concerns, suggesting lawmakers are absurdly prioritizing trivial restrictions on women's attire over serious economic issues. The satire condemns both the legislative proposal and rural lawmakers' apparent obsession with controlling women's clothing.
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He used to-run an elevator, Facetious Mr ying now to cheer Brown, © crowd yelling “going down Women Who Ride Astride W E learn that Georgia has, just now, one of the greatest lots of bus body legislators that have lately legis- lated for an American State. That is a deal to say, for our country in produces law- But a new governor, great these times wonderful makers in astonishing profusion Georgia has lately got and the Legislature seems disposed to try crazy laws on him. One bill that has heen introduced aims to settle the ex- cess-of-sports problem in colleges by pro- viding to revoke the charters in colleges in which sports seem to be overdone. Another bill or sup- press soda-water fountains, and another aims to regulate prohibits women from riding astride. This last matter has lately exercised the minds of other State Legislatures besides those in Geor, It scems to scandalize the lawgivers that women should ride astride. Whether it ter of taste and rural is a good way is a ma fashion, but does not concern propriety and is a ludicrous subject for legislation. Men ought not to be legislating even against the divided skirt, albeit that gar- ment on a woman who is on a horse is an atrocity that is fit to be discouraged. If a woman is going to ride astride the proper togs for her are a pair of breeches, a pair of boots and a coat with fairly long skirts, In that costume, if *LIFE: she is properly architected for the enter- prise, she looks well, and if she is rid- ing over jumps she looks safe, or more nearly safe, than a woman can look on a side saddle. If she rides astride at all it proves that she has legs, and, that much conceded, there is no sound obj tion either of ta her legs appear in boots te or morals to letting But the divided skirt as a riding gar- nt is an abomin: ly, futile. If the Georg prohibit its use we would sympathize with albeit. with natural ng with ridiculous, slators should disap. what is them, proval of their meddl none of their business. ONEY is the one serious thing th scems to put everyl humor 267 A Graduate OOK here, young man, don’t you talk to me that y the man outside the ticket window in station, “Whajjasay “I say you've got to be more civil to me. I'm here to spend my money for a and I demand * growls the ticket agen: ticket prompt and cour teous attention, * Aw, wajjagoin’ 10 do about it?” “mM plenty.” “Aw, wajj about that?” “1 know enoug! i ticket a used to be a and you'll lose you job the e I Ios! t be ing fingers mine if, yo: dor’. get busy and With trem speech the agent then waited v irate stranger. Br Sonders__ Rub a dub dub, Three men in a tub, comicbooks.com