Life, 1911-05-25 · page 10 of 42
Life — May 25, 1911 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct sections: **Top Article**: "Photographs of Private People Are Private Property" discusses Mrs. Rhodes of Brooklyn, whose wedding photograph was used without permission by a trading stamp store. The case went to the New York Supreme Court, establishing that the state statute protects private citizens' images from commercial use—a significant privacy rights victory. **Middle Section**: "Postgraduate Course" discusses Newport's social scene and critiques American journalism for lacking serious pictorial content. **Bottom Cartoons**: Two humorous domestic scenes titled "The Human Cook Book"—"The Prima Donna" (woman with baby) and "The Parson" (man with child)—appear to satirize stereotypical family or social types through exaggerated caricature. The page blends serious legal commentary with lighthearted social satire typical of Life magazine's format.
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Photographs of Private People Are Private Property ‘OUR picture cannot be used in New York State for purposes of trade without your consent. Mrs. Rhodes of Brooklyn had her picture taken in her wedding dress. After a while she saw it in the window of a trading stamp store, She asked to have it removed. It was not removed. She sued under a New York State statute. The suit was de- fended, and has been in the courts for seven years, going finally up to the United States Supreme Court, where judgment was given on May 1 that the New York statute did not conflict with the Constitution. So Mrs. Rhodes won her case and did a con- siderable public service by winning it Fact and Fancy OWARD: Do you intend cultivat- ing a garden? Cowan: That would forever de- prive me of the joy of reading and be- lieving in these beautiful seed cata- _logues. of course, of paramount inter- est. Newport is practically de- serted. None of the pictorial supple- ments of the Mail and Express, the Times, Town and Country and many other of our repre- sentative periodicals can be is- sued, as there is nobody to photograph. In the meantime it is generally recognized that a serious situation confronts{ the American nation. With scarcely any wealthy people left, our trade is bound to languish and our manners to improve. Strong heads are needed in the emergency. We can only trust in Provi- dence. As the Times puts it in a leading editorial : “We must do this for Eng land’s sake, hoping that at our next coronation they will do the same by us.” So far as the coronation is concerned, nothing can be done. until soar ‘correspondent gets there. The Human Cook Book THE PRIMA DONNA THE PARSON SUCCESSFUL grafter is one who Ant you need take is a fifty-six chest, To a cunful of negative goodness is still considered a good busi- with Puccini and Strauss, id the pleasure of giving advice. Add the one gesture as seen in the cut— Sift in a peck of dry sermons, ness man, And flavor with brimstone or ice. his ought to brieg down any house. comicbooks.com