Life, 1910-11-03 · page 67 of 72
Life — November 3, 1910 — page 67: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a historical trivia puzzle, advertising, and satirical commentary on English suffragettes' ideals of masculinity. The main satire targets English suffragettes (women's voting-rights activists). A symposium at Barnard College (American women's college) had discussed the "ideal man," but English girls reached different conclusions. The *Sketch* magazine poem mocks suffragettes' stated preferences: they reject beauty, refinement, and gentleness, instead valorizing "ugly" brutes—forceful, commanding men with "moderate brain." The satire's point appears ironic: suffragettes fighting for equality and agency supposedly desire domineering, brutish partners. This mocks both the suffragettes (for their contradictory values) and, implicitly, critiques the "masterful, ugly brute" masculinity they're portrayed as preferring. The page also includes advertisements for Egyptian Deities cigarettes and James E. Pepper whisky, plus unrelated features like a Sherlock Holmes reference.
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Historical Puzzle (Continued from page 793) 19. Who, as a pledge of favor, Gave a certain earl a ring? 20. Where did the cavaliers of France Recoil from English yeomen? a1. What exiled empress mourns her son Shot down by savage bowmen? 22. What Austrian died in Mexico, A tool to French ambition? 23. Who was condemned by Edward I, For fostering sedition? 24. Who had compiled the Domesday Book, Of national information? 23 What country squire left his estate, To guide an infant nation? E. J. H. (The answers to this puzzle will be xiven in the issue of November roth.) Imitatinc the example of the sweet young things of Barnard College, some, English girls have been holding a sym- posium on the subject of the ideal man, but they seem to have reached a differ- ent conclusion, mainly, no doubt, be- cause the back pages of the magazines overseas are unadorned by the Googen- heimer model. John Bull’s daughters, then, agreed that on the whole they | The Utunost in Cigarettes” Their delicate aroma is familiar from the Avenue” to the Boulevards Cork Tips or Plain The brilliant Legal and Fi- nancial Minds of the world a and enjoy ames E.lPepper j yity at the famous Lawyers’ Club, New York—they know its excellence—its better goodness. A trial will surely con- If not at your dealer's sent prepaid 4 Quarts $5.00 The JAS. E. PEPPER DISTILLING CO. LEXINGTON, KY. = = = — ———————— prefer an ugly man, with a temper and an enormous appetite. So the poet of the Sketch puts their aspirations into And a fabulous appetite; Affection little, ill-temper much— That’s the only man to suit, verse: No beauty man with a barber’s smile, No finnicking lady’s pet, Or dandified fop can ever beguile The militant Suffragette. The man who tames her will have to be Designed on a sterner plan— A kind of modified chimpanzee, Magnificent, ugly man. Ideal man is distinctly plain, Dark, and of medium height, Forceful and calm, with a moderate brain, Ws For, oh! there’s nothing on earth to touch The masterful, ugly brute. —Argonaut. Sherlock Holmes: & Wave ptscovered A CLUE TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. coBBLe. comicbooks.com