Life, 1911-06-15 · page 7 of 44
Life — June 15, 1911 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page celebrates the "Summer Girl"—a seasonal social type in early 20th-century America. The text describes her transformation from spring's first flowers through June bloom, contrasting her refined chrysalis stage with her expansive summer roaming across the continent, where she encounters "man in all of his various degrees of development." The top illustration shows a fashionable young woman in nature with parasol and flowers. The lower photograph titled "The Same Old Stile" depicts a couple in a pastoral setting—likely representing the timeless romance of courtship. The "Redolent" poem on the right plays on themes of romantic constancy. The content gently satirizes the summer leisure pursuits and romantic escapades of young, well-to-do American women, a recurring subject in Life's social commentary.
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NATURE—AND ART The Summer Girl HEN the first faint flush of spring creeps over the land the summer girl stirs in her chrysalis, and by June she has burst into full bloom, actually changing, with her varie- gated colors, the face of the landscape. The summer girl roams at large over the American Con- tinent, seeking whom she may devour. Her victims number man in all of his various degrees of development, from the callow college youth to the hoary-headed octogenarian. Here's to the summer girl! May her conquests never grow less! AR furnishes a splendid opportunity for the brave to make money for patriots. Up, -o Wty” THE SAME OLD STILE Redolent OU may break, you may shatter, The trust if you will, But the scent of the grafting Will hang round it still. SUMMER comicbooks.com