Life, 1911-10-05 · page 40 of 50
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This page is primarily **advertising with one substantial article**. The main content is "That Voice," a humorous essay about a man's irrational fear of certain women's voices—specifically those conveying unconscious superiority through inflection and pronunciation. The author argues that a woman's voice reliably reveals her character, and humorously suggests men select wives by telephone rather than in person, to avoid visual distraction. The piece is social satire targeting early 20th-century gender dynamics and courtship conventions. It playfully mocks both women's affected speech patterns and men's susceptibility to them, while also satirizing the emerging telephone as a courtship tool. The remaining space comprises fish market advertisements (Frank E. Davis Fish Co.), a French Bulldog breeder ad, and various product advertisements including reproductions of religious art and "Sexology" books—typical of Life's mixed editorial-commercial format.
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