Life, 1910-10-13 · page 36 of 44
Life — October 13, 1910 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **reader letters and art advertisements**, not political cartoons. The notable content is a **women's suffrage debate**. A reader protests a previous letter from "a Bostonite" who opposed women's voting rights, arguing women lacked sufficient sense to vote. The protesting reader challenges this logic, asking sarcastically whether a woman couldn't reason better than a man claiming women are incapable—unless "we permit her." The reader also questions why polling places should be off-limits to women in non-suffrage states. This reflects the **pre-1920 suffrage movement**, when women's voting rights remained contested and actively debated in public forums like *Life* magazine. The tone suggests growing frustration with paternalistic arguments against female enfranchisement. The remainder consists of **advertisements**: wool fabrics for custom tailors, Evans' Ale, and notably, reproductions of classical paintings ("Grafton Prints") marketed as affordable home decoration—reflecting emerging middle-class consumer culture.
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W.P.WiLLIS & C9 New York ImportTers 5] ILLIS Woolens- the highest grade imported Fabrics I for men’s cloth- ing ~can be worn only by the few as their sale is restricted to the leading» Custom Gailors. From Our Readers (Continued from poge 630) lever, and being admitted (as of course I would be), I would ask him some questions that he could not answer. But as this event may be indefinitely postponed for some time, perhaps you can furnish the following information : Why have all former civilizations failed? Professor Munsterburg doesn’t know. Brooks Adams doesn't know, though he is “hot,” as the children elmo Ferrero doesn’t know. Even Allen Upward doesn’t know. Do you? Very sincerely yours, Penrose N. Ions. San Anceto, Tex., Sept. 9, 1910. “Woman cannot be the equal of man, and since she cannot be she will not unless we permit her,” and I want to know if woman is not capable of bet- ter logic than that man from Boston who says she has not sense eno: vote, in his long message. Also, if the polls are not a fit place for women to frequent in States not granting w the vote, it becomes the duty of women (Continued on page 637) A Protest Eprtor or Lirr: Please enter this protest in Lire against a certain letter published in the number of July 14, a letter from a Bostonite who, in spite of ample baked beans in that region, has a morbid view of the situation as regards woman's suffrage in the United States and clsewhere. He said in a huff: THE GLRANERS by J.P. MILLET .d Ready for Frame, 18 x 2419, THE PRINCE OF ORANGE Pee RARE BARGAINS Mounted Ready fer Frame, w Mounted Ready for Frame, 18x 24 in. IN BEAUTIFUL PICTURES ICTURES of genuine merit are coming to be more and more a necessity in the American home. The days careless picture buying ace rapidly passing. We asa people are coming to know that a poor picture is very mc worse than none at all. A great critic has well said : “Nothing so directly and immediately indicates the ¢ ter of a man as the picture upon his walls, ing in the furnishing of a home conduces so much to refined ple a8 a collection of carefully chosen pictures—you live with them and consciously or unconsciously they are affecting your thoughts in most of the spare moments you spend with them. If, then, the art with which you furnish your home has such an important bearing upon your daily life, it behooves you to place upon your walls pictures of such a character that their effect will be beneficial and inspirin; Heretofore a good picture has meant a high price. Because of special arrange- ments with the largest art publishers of Europe, The Grafton Prints, the choicest series of pictures ever brought to this country are now offered at approximately importer’s low prices. ‘These pictures have been carefully chosen and represent a very remarkable picture value. ‘They are unique in their rare beauty and low price, in fact, they are the ideal pictures for home decoration. We Apologize Eurtoe Lire, Dear Sir:—In your interesting col- umn, “Popular Birthdays,” the birth- THE GRAFTON PRINTS ARE: hirty-clght beautiful plates in p ure of the greatest f Europe and Americn painted | tiwo hundred ye ated tn a epecta deveted over- 18x BA inches place of James J. Hill is given as Min- nesota. It should be Canada. Mr. Hill was born near Guelph, Ontario, and we Canadians are glad of it Vandminde’Sapamete tine Yours truly, 4—The ideal pletures for heme decoration, perfect inauallty, attractive Ineubfect, Wannes Soe ‘good alzc, measuring, mounted, about M times the alze of thia full page. Ottawa, Canava, Sept. 14, 1910. sac Saad se usstiee ‘drendy for the frame, ates THK OLU SCOTCH FIRS BY JONN MACWHIKTER RA 1d Ready for Frame, 183 26% ie Grafton Prints comprise splendid eae of the greatest ’, Sir Antboay Van Dyck, Sir Joshua Re — A ong Turner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Fagard Be Frederick Watts, R.A., Corct, Millet, To Get the Correct Idea of What Ale Sag 5 Art East, ABA lees: RA ool lr sss ake Whe sd per] really is you must drink : , Special Introductory Pec -_ exons tegen t * Send To-day for the Charming Fine Art Mer omravure Catalogue, t \ P.R-A,, Thomas Galssborost Bera foes, Sir ne Joba Evert Ts “PRL. os interested. postpaid a dle miatatufes ofthe f by Ser Mare one o reatest of living art crit carding Spee i Vetroduetory Prices will he seat at once. cule "The Catalogue le e thing of rare beawiys. Rend for it toda nt a fore of mas lave interested tov bear tures for Y, The Doubleday-Page Art Com tion of the home, cut ont ‘and mail the coupon, and the beantt- Dear Sirs: 1 am in Sal catatng: showing the full Prints, the new pictor DOUBLEDAY- PAGE Special tatroductory Weise ART COMPANY We Cnty Name ju Fut REINTHAL & NEWMAN Occupation ’. 29th St., NewYork City TRADE DISTRIBUTORS Address ia Ful .. 2 cay, It is the last word in Ale brewing and shows uniquely the accomplish- ment of 124 years of progress. Restaurants, Cafes, Oyster Houses, Dealers THE DINCH.TIUE ROWAN AND THE VINE GRAMPIAN HILL BV JON MACWHINTER. RAL Mounted Ready for Frame, 18 2 24 in.