Life, 1910-11-10 · page 12 of 44
Life — November 10, 1910 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top illustration by Robert L. Ditcher depicts chaotic urban traffic—automobiles, pedestrians, and delivery vehicles in collision and confusion. This satirizes early 20th-century city congestion and the dangers of rapid automobile adoption. The three text articles address contemporary social concerns: Christmas shopping (encouraging early purchasing to avoid crowds), women's workplace efficiency (defending their recent entry into office work against skepticism), and "The Unsatisfied Sinner" (a moral tale about desire). The lower illustration titled "Flowers of Fashion" shows well-dressed figures, likely satirizing fashion-conscious society types, though specific identities remain unclear. Overall, this page captures post-WWI American anxieties about modernization, changing gender roles, and consumer culture.
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Robert LDikor, g, Do Your Christmas Shopping Early OU did it last year carlier than be- fore. Do it early again. It is better for you. You will be less crowded in the doing of it. You will have a better choice of the commodities that are offered, and more time to make your choices, It is a great deal better for the forces IN THE INTERESTS OF HUMANITY! in the shops; the girls and men who it on you, and deliver your purchases. The strain of the Christmas shopping on the shopgirls, in particular, is still very severe. Mitigate it, you who can, by every means in your power. Get your matters out of the way carly. There will be many who won't, and a good many who can’t, and the rush will be hard enough in any case. Do your Christmas shopping carly! It is wise; it is thrifty, and it is kind. FLOWERS OP FASHION A Tribute to Efficiency IME was when the rule read: If you want a thing done, do it yourself. The contemporary amendment is: Ii you want a thing done ask your stenog- rapher to see to it. That is a great tribute to the efficiency and devotion of office-working women. The objection remains that the women who have changed the rule are too valu- able to be spent on office work. The Unsatisfied Sinner HERE is a monkish tale something like this: There was a Woman who was so charming that she bewitched even the Lord God; and the Lord told her she could ask anything that she wanted. So the Woman said she want to have the world go just the way she liked it, and the Lord said it should be so. At the end of a year the Lord asked her if everything was as she had desired, and the Woman said it was. And the Lord God said, “Then you tisfied,”” and the Woman said, I don’t like it.’ Bolton Hall. FTEN when a man gets to the top he fails to find the records left by the previous explorer. comicbooks.com