Life, 1910-11-03 · page 60 of 72
Life — November 3, 1910 — page 60: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine (circa 1910) is primarily **advertising with one notable satirical contest**. The ads feature luxury goods: Thomas Cort custom shoes, White Rose glycerin soap, and Dralle's Illusion perfume—typical high-end products marketed to affluent readers. The significant content is **"Life's Suffragette Contest,"** offering $300 for the best written answer to: "Why should any man not marry a suffragette?" This is **satirical commentary on anti-suffrage sentiment**. By framing the question as a formal contest with prize money, *Life* mocks the arguments opponents made against women's voting rights—particularly the common claim that suffragettes were undesirable as wives. The contest invites readers to articulate these prejudices, thereby exposing their absurdity through public competition. The contest deadline was December 31, 1910, placing this during the active suffrage movement. *Life's* approach was characteristically irreverent: using humor and satire to critique social conservatism rather than direct advocacy.
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Thomas Cort Boots and Shoes THOMAS COR’ bearing this mark are_made to supply that growing public which realizes the trueeconomy of buying the best. Forinstance, ten dollars invested in one pair of ‘*Cort’* shoes will give infinitely more satisfaction than the same amount spent for two pairs of ordinary shoes, “*Cort*? shoes are custom quality in every particular, made by hand over cus- tom lasts, by workmen whose whole pre- vious experience has been in the making of shoes to individual measure, Not only ‘‘ Cort’* shoes for street and dress wear, but ‘‘Cort"* riding and field boots, golf, tennis and yachting shoes are the world’s standard of correctness and quality. “*Cort** shoes are made for both men and womenand they fetch 8 to 15 dollars at retail, Let us tell you where they may be THOMAS CORT ESTABLISHED 1884 NEWARK, NW. J. NRW YORK CITY AGENCY Maatiw & Martin, No. 1 East 3510 'Staaer } The Secret of a Healthy and Beaatiful Skia A perfect complexion 18 assured to all who use this soap. transparency 18 purity, FERD. MULHENS, Cologne o/R, Germany MELWESS & KROPTY, 205 Road Send 18 Levis in stamps for a full RALLE'S famous Floral ILLUSION is @ distinctive per- fume. ‘The pure unadulterated essence of the flower. Nothing added and noth- ing taken away. racted by a new and secret process, the pitt fragrance of the flower is obtained in a highly ‘concentrated liquid form, without Algobol or other cheapening ingredien! 2200 atop imparts the delightful ‘odor of freshly cut wers, AN ILLUSION HEART FOR THREE 2c STAMPS. This dainty heart, touched with » single drop of Lily of the Valley, will demonstrate tho lasting fragrance of DEALLE N. Wear it about your neck, or {cin your purse with your handkerchief, and note how’ tong Ie lasts, and bow many of your frieads will notlee it; When sending give your dealer 's name. Imitators have attempted to copy the package, the bottle and the labele—but it Is, fmpossible for thein to duplica imitate the perfume,. Insist on DALLES. ithe USION, the original and genuine non- alcoholic TLLUSION can be had in Rose, Violet, Lily of the ne Valley, Narciasus, Hellotrope, Lilac aid Wistaria at the best GEO. BORGFELDT & CO. Sole Agents for U. S. and Canada (, 119 E. 16th St. - NEW YORK SS OS Life’s Suffragette Contest $300 to the Winner LUE will pay the sum of Three Hundred Dollars for the best reason, or reasons, why any man should not marry a suffragette. CONDITIONS: Each answer must be limited to three hundred words. Manuscripts, however, may be as short as the contestant prefers. Manuscripts must be typewritten, and should be addressed to Tue Contest Eprror or Lire, 17 West 31st Street, New York. The contest is now on, and will close on Decem- ber 31st, 1910. Manuscripts received after that date will not be considered. Lire will pay at its regular rates for all manu- scripts published. The prize will be awarded by the Editors of Lire, and the announcement of the winner will be made as soon after January Ist, 1911, as possible. Tt is not necessary to be a regular subscriber to Lire in order to compete. The contest is open to every one. comicbooks.com