Life, 1910-11-03 · page 54 of 72
Life — November 3, 1910 — page 54: what you’re looking at
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This page primarily contains **advertisements for footwear and household goods**, interspersed with reader letters to the magazine addressing women's rights and gender relations. The substantive content appears in three letters to "Dear Life": 1. **First letter (Chambersburg, PA)**: A woman responds sharply to what appears to be a previous article or letter. She argues men are "thieves" who've "stolen everything from women" and patronizingly return it "grain by grain." She challenges the notion that men "hate to say no to women," calling it "the most howling joke," and demands men read historical records before claiming to be generous toward female autonomy. 2. **Second letter (Osculatory)**: A reader defends a previous rebuttal by "Mr. J. J. Paul of St. Louis," suggesting his criticism of women's rights advocates deserves response. 3. **Third letter (Cause and Effect)**: A brief anecdote about chickens (fragment visible). **Context**: This reflects early 1910s debates over women's suffrage and equality—contentious issues before women gained voting rights in 1920. The letters show active public discourse on gender relations in Life's correspondence section.
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COMFY. , Footwear: . os 4 > a «4 \ CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., October 10, 1910. Dear Lire: The Don't be silly!—that is if you can . P P help it. Who asked old Asquith to say A Martin & Martin Model “no” that he has to keep on harrowing Antoinette Black Russia calf’ walking boot. Narrow te his poor dear feelings doing it? In —high arch—hand sewn, the first place men are simply a pack PRICE TEN DOLLARS | of thieves who have stolen everything from women and then think them- Most shoe stores strive after extreme selves generous in doling it back grain effects each season and call them the newest by grain. They have in equity no fashions. more right or title to govern women than women have to govern them. Our custom is to make a careful study, at all impl < hat brut times, of the ideas of our patrons—the best ecm inn sanctions what brute Our newest and best. Made of fine dressed men and women in America—reconcile ‘orce stole. Comfy Felt with isel Iti th 1 ; isles: r} 5 . y noiseless _belting- these ideas and apply them along practical lines. Then, again, man’s plaint that he leather soles and low heels, ‘Tsienmad The results are js aie a hates to say no to women is the most with ribbon in colors to match. This Standarized Shoe Fashions howling joke even Lire ever got off. is perfection in a slipper to cover the Long experience in custom boot making has proven this Do please next time, before you in- whole foot. to be the only sound method. dulge in the like, read the records. It cil Test our shoes—and the intelligent, interested, store is ® “ . y. Price carving Chat goon wits thomas: Your tooney te alware ce is not always safe “to be as funny as Colores Black, d, Brown, $1.75 trast with us—it is yours if we do not satisty you. you can.” tS iaeie: cote Lat You may buy from us as well by post as in person i . ‘bother It be slippers, riding boots, hunting boots, dress _Men have grudged women educa or street boots. Let us sead you photographs of the tion, freedom to do as they wish or puting te study what they like. Men have By furnishing the usual commercial references you may study they . open acharge account. fought and disputed every weary step iA 7 I 7 of the way brutally, selfishly, cruelly. “ = R’ J Read Charles Reade’s “ Woman- €9? hater,” and see how his objection to deny her works out in practice. RTI Mary Forwarp Kim Me. The Peerless BOOTMAKERS FOR MEN AND WOMEN Osculatory A Comfy Moccasin slipper trimmed with 1 East 3sthSt.,. NEWYORK—183 Michigan Av., CHICAGO Dean Lire: ribbon in colors to match. Very hand- Though never before having taken Peep sie er a to French calf walking boot — heavy single sole— : ty a aoe advantage of your columns to give beauty and durability, egular “ Comfy Sat last— narrow toe— bench made. vent to my thoughts, I really don’t construction. PRICE TWELVE DOLLARS think that the rebuke administered by Worngn's. Black. Red, Brown, Grey, Price your correspondent, Mr. J. J. Paul Wisioria ‘ond Light’ Blues’... $1.50 of St. Louis, shoul caiewered. Missea‘, Red, Light Blue, Pink 5. 1.35 wis, should go unanswered. Child's, Red, Light Blue, Pink . 1.25 Delivered Send for oar handeome illectrated Catalogue So. $3 House Cleaning Seine oan bow aie Jwise @onceR | (ata ce HOUSE FURNISHING WAREROOMS| _— Z — Cause and Effect Established 1835 ” i i sai ; . The mere thought that one could For a spring chicken, madam,” said Every Utensil and Material for . : : Dawson, “I must confess that I consider y object to your innocent pictures of this a pretty tough bird.’’ amorous youths is in itself so pre- ee eae cea wen. | House Cleaning Posoas axl at aie says ne © lady amiably, “ but you must remember and Renovating sad that one must sympathize heart- that we have had a pretty tough spring.”” Brooms, Brushes, Dusters, Chamois. ily with Mr. Paul. If he is so old —Harper's Weekly. Cleansers and Polishers for that he has forgotten the pangs “Love! Ah, love! '* cooed the senti- ale tibet aaa BS ‘ere Sar tne tant ps wail mental maiden. “I feel as if I could Ca: mn = z rpet Sweepers, Vacuum Cleaners i vi ples, let live on nothing but love. Cleaning Cloths and Material, &¢., 8c. | giawn pletares ot loving! coup Do let me be your caterer,"’ returned . him subscribe to the Review of the ardent youth at her side. Correspondence Invited views or some other cheerful record —Boston Transcript. 130 & 132 W. 42d Street New York (Continued on page 78s) ‘782. comicbooks.com