Life, 1910-03-31 · page 35 of 46
Life — March 31, 1910 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements**, not political satire. The dominant content is a fashion ad from James McCutcheon & Co. featuring spring and summer suits and dresses with detailed price listings. However, there is **one cartoon** (bottom left): A woman identified as "Miss Hogerty" with an Irish accent (dialect spelling: "yer," "presairve") visits a taxidermist, asking if he can "preserve" her skin. The taxidermist replies he could only help if she were "a lion or a hippopotamus." **The joke:** This is ethnic humor mocking Irish women's appearance, suggesting an Irish woman's skin is so rough or unattractive it requires taxidermy treatment—implying she's less human or more beast-like than civilized people. This reflects period prejudices against Irish immigrants. The humor is cruel by modern standards, relying on ethnic stereotyping common to early 1900s American magazines.
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SHIRTS are made to meet the wants of men who have heretofore been unable to secure satisfaction in ready-made shirts. They are shirts that you can wear without a coat, and yet know and feel that you do not ap- pear at a disadvantage. $1.50 and more. Ozett, Peabody & Company, In Canada $2.25 and up. Send for booklet, “ Proper Dress.’ Doses llTs vt Miss Hogerty: Ot SEEN A SIGN IN YER WINDER SAYIN? YE PRESAIRVE SKINS. CAN YE DO ANYTHING FER MINE? Taxidermist: ’M APRAID NOT, MADAM. 1 MIGHT IF YoU WERE A LION OR A HIPPOPOTAMUS. Suits and Dresses For Spring and Summer ‘| No. 170—Stylishly tailored two-piece No. 150A. stylish two-piece Linen Coat Suit. Thirty-six inch Coat, inen Coat Suit, with 32-inch coat with pockets, trimmed on_collar and cuffs, thirteen gored skirt with good with Black Silk Moire. Skirt made with flare. Man tailored from pure cluster of inverted apron plaits. Good Irish Linen Crash of excellent quality heavy Russian Linen, heavy quality ‘Several colors, all sizes, $22.50. May be had in all colors and sizes, $15.00, Taffeta, Foulard and Rajah Plain Silk Dresses in a new ac- cordion plaited model; in new waist line styles and in the classic long line models. $25.00, 30.00, 45.00, 60.0¢, 75.00, 100.00 and up to 250.00. Linen Skirts. Tailored with gores and plaits. $5.00, 7.50, 8.75, 10.00 and 5.00. Open front and . Hand sewn and hand Trimmed in best laces, including many in Irish Crochet Lace. $25.00, 35.00, 45.00, 50.00, 65.00, 75.00 and up to 275.00. Domestic Lingerie Dresses. Dutch Collar and high neck a collar models; tucked and lace trimmed. In White, Pink, Light Blue and Lavender. $20.00, 25.00, 40.00, 50.00 and up. Linen Dresses. Both in plain tailored and elaborately em- broidered and braided styles. $15.00, 20.00, 25.00, 35.00, 50.00 and up to 100.00, Linen Dust Coats, for automobiles and traveling; also coats for shopping, driving and sea-shore wear. Natural and white, Full length $10.00, 15.00, 20.00, 25.00, 35.00 and 50.00. Linen Suit all the reliable wash materials—Russian, French, Austrian, Irish, Flemish, Ramie and Tussah Linens. White, Natural and colors. $15.00, 20.00, 25.00, 35.00, 50.00 and _up to 150.00. Rajah Silk Two-piece Coat Suits. ‘Skirts plaited and in original models. Plain tailored and braided models. Black, ural and colors. $35.00, 40.00, 45.00, 50.00, 65.00, 75.00 and up to 150.00. Spring Woolen Suits. ir light weight Serge, Mohair Worsteds, Mannish Suitings and all the novelty w of tl the season. White, Black and colors. $25.00, 35.00, 45,00, 60.00. embroidered. Booklet on ‘ yles in Ladi Mail Orders Receive Our Prompt Atlention. Coats, Waists, Ete.” mailed free on request, % James McCutcheon & Co., Sth Avenue & 34th Street, wat2%ruvoria New York comicbooks.com