Life — June 23, 1910 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

The main illustration depicts "The New Thought"—a social scene showing well-dressed figures in conversation. The accompanying article "Taft Yields" discusses President Taft's sincerity regarding a tariff schedule test. The text mentions Taft will be bound in an airtight compartment during a phonograph recording of Theodore Roosevelt's German speech. Below are two comic dialogues: "A Conservative" mocks Mrs. O'Toole's and Mrs. Benham's debate about fashion—specifically hips coming back into style, with Mrs. Benham joking they'll need to vacate their flat. The right illustration shows a woman in a corset, captioned "Jimmins! But these flat-iron buildings are hot!"—satirizing women's restrictive fashion (corsets) and modern architecture's lack of ventilation.