Life, 1911-05-11 · page 15 of 44
Life — May 11, 1911 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This Life magazine page contains two satirical pieces: **"At the Woman's Club"** (left illustration) depicts women at a club meeting discussing how husbands demand wives be more than mere decorative "ornaments." The satire targets both fashionable women's liberation rhetoric and marital economics—husbands want variety in their wives' appearances but expect to pay for it through constant fashion purchases. **"Fashion Proverbs"** (right column) mocks fashion industry absurdities through mock-wisdom statements. Key targets: the contradiction between fashion's constant change and lack of actual progress; the idea that expensive tailoring matters less than male financial support; and fashion's grip on women's behavior. **"The Deceived Woodpecker"** (top right) is a Fable-style cartoon where a woodpecker wearing a top hat appears foolish—likely satirizing someone (unclear who "Mr. Maraboo" is) who's been duped. **"The Ballot of the Future"** (bottom) shows voting booths labeled with various women's leagues and parties, satirizing women's emerging political participation as merely another fashion trend or social club affiliation rather than serious civic engagement.
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THE DECEIVED WOODPECKER Mr, Maraboo: coxrouxn 11, TirRt’s THAT PESKY RIEU MATISM BACK AGALY | Fashion Proverbs N ounce of effect is worth a pound of comfort. Never count your fashions before they are hatched, The shabby flee when no woman sueth, but the fashionable are brave us a lion. The mills of fashion grind swiftly, Dut they never seem to get anywhere AT THE WOMAN'S CLUB It takes more than nine nfs to “Wr MUST BROADEN OUT. OUK HUSBANDS HAVE A RIGHT TO DEMAND THAT Wit make a woman, but one man is sup- RE SOMETHING RESIDE MERE ORNAMENTS.” posed to pay the bills, our experience that every American hus- band is willing to pay the price provided he ex get his moncy’s worth. He wants change and variety and these are the very things our system enables us to provide. Step into Life Park some day and look over our newest styles in bathing suits. Wherever they are worn there will be crowds of men. Every summer hotel proprictor before the season is out Will rise and call us blessed. If you are not already a member of the League join at once. Address Lire’s Fashion Reform League. THE BALLOT OF THE rUTCRE comicbooks.com