Life, 1910-12-22 · page 34 of 44
Life — December 22, 1910 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and a humor column**, not a political cartoon. The main content is "Life's Infallible Fortune Teller"—a joke feature predicting the romantic futures of people born in December. It's satirical domestic humor typical of early 20th-century magazines, playing on contemporary anxieties about marriage and gender roles. The predictions humorously mock both men and women: wives who'll nag about Christmas birthdays, take up aviation, join the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.—a real prohibitionist organization), and husbands who'll be henpecked or forced to wear beards as election bets. The page also features ads for Brooks Brothers clothing and Usher's Whisky, positioned with classical allegorical imagery typical of luxury brand marketing of the era. There's no identifiable political figure or specific historical event referenced—it's generic domestic satire aimed at Life's middle-class readership.
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Usher's & Whisk —s SS Fur and Fur Lined Coats, Jackets, Rugs, Caps, Boots and Gloves, Trunks, Bags, Traveling Coats and Shawls, Dressing Cases and their separate fittings, Dressing Gowns, Breakfast Jackets, Slippers, Automobile Trunks, Luncheon G. S. NICHOLAS & CO. Baskets, Angora and Shetland Garments, Um- NEW YORK brellas and Walking Sticks, Pipes and Pouches. | Sole Agents Many novelties from the West End London Shops. Send for booklet ‘Christmas Suggestions.” BROADWAY, Cor. TWENTY-SECOND ST., NEW YORK LIFES INFALLIBLE FORTUNE TELLER If you were born on December “GR Your future wile Your future husband &@) will not be afraid will be a prudent to remind y gentleman who will the merry appreciate his tide approaches thal Christmas is also her birthday GR Your future wile Your future husband te will indulge in avia- will take tong hunt tion as her favorite ing trips to inacces- sport. | For your ns second® wife you ill insist on dis. will choose a quiet ring your home stay-at-home hody. fied heads skit d other evi dences of his prow “WB Your future wife will have an aver- sion to making new acquaintances, so your sociable in- stinets will be con: fined to a limited circle of back num- bers. Your future husband a> will he somethi too awful for pub- lication. To buy the great Christmas Life, now on sale every- where. 25 cents. “Wa Your future wife Your future husband ea will be a member will be doomed to To get it free, by sending in your subscription at once of the W. C. T.U. wear a beard per- to begin December Ist. and y alw, petually as the un carry a supply of fortunate result of LIFE, 17 W. 31st Street cloves in your waist- an election wager. | coat pocket comicbooks.com