Life, 1911-01-26 · page 12 of 44
Life — January 26, 1911 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains two satirical cartoons about early 20th-century social issues. The top cartoon shows a man in formal dress objecting to his wife wearing "tights in this new part," to which she responds "All right. Go on as you are, then." The joke satirizes male hypocrisy about women's fashion—he objects to her revealing clothing while he himself wears theatrical costume. The bottom cartoon, captioned "Adding Insult to Injury," depicts a car accident with a sign reading "Tariff Commission Report," suggesting the government's tariff policies compound economic harm. This references President Taft's tariff commission, criticized in the accompanying article "A Matter for Great Concern" as moving too slowly and potentially causing economic disruption to American industries.
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y AP WALKER- “MY HUSBAND OBJECTS TO MY WEARING TIGNTS IN THIS NEW PART.” “ALL RIGHT. GO ON AS YOU ARE, THEN,” A Matter for Great Concern ‘HE important fact that President Taft has appointed a commission to revise the tariff gradually, taking cach article at one time, and after studying it carefully reduc- ing the duty upon it, must strike every American citizen with alarm. Hasty methods like this should be deplored. We cannot see that anything is to be gained by such undue precipitancy. It is not clear whether the revision is to be in alphabetical order or is to be done by states and territories, according to the industries located in each. But no matter how it is done, it is probable that within fifty or seventy-five years the committee will have completed its task. “This, undoubtedly, will mean some sort of a panic, and every patriotic citizen should appeal to his Congressman to “ ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.” prevent such an outrage against the spirit of our American institutions. comicbooks.com