Life, 1911-11-16 · page 5 of 44
Life — November 16, 1911 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** for women's fashion and products, with a small editorial section about women's suffrage. The key content is the cartoon featuring **Dr. Anna Shaw**, identified as "the eminent suffragette." Shaw appears to be knitting or doing handwork while discussing voting rights for women. The caption quotes her advocating that women should vote and urging men to support suffrage ("urge their 'men folks' to do the same"). The surrounding ads for fur coats, hosiery, and imported fabrics suggest Life's intended audience: affluent women. The juxtaposition of suffrage discussion with luxury goods reflects the magazine's satirical approach—possibly mocking wealthy women's activism or targeting educated female consumers interested in both politics and fashion. The page dates to the suffrage era (pre-1920), when the movement was actively debated in American media.
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For the Friends of Animals The Bide-a-Wee Home for Friend- less Animals is going to have a ben- efit. The kind-hearted can secure tickets for the same from Miss Cham- pion, 410 East Thirty-eighth street, or at the box-office of the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre. The entertainment, by courtesy of the Shubert Brothers, will consist of a three-act comedy, entitled “The Drone,” by Messrs. Wood and Bol- ton. The time is 2.30 p.m.; the date, November 17, and the place, the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre. Seats run from one dollar to five. Not for Woman Although a few women have quali- fied as aviators, there is no likelihood of the sport becoming popular with the fair sex. The exigencies of the occasion re- quire that an aeroplane shall practi- cally continuously be beyond the range Togards as a Help Toward “Votes for Women” 4 Dr. Anna Shaw, the eminent suffragette, at a meeting in September last, had this to say, among other things relative to waste of women’s time and ability “Regarding the oft-repeated a ‘go home and darn stocki Iam willing to go on record asserting that darning stoc «is one of the most idiotic occupations that any woman could possibly engage in Br-Shiw and several million other women will once and for allescape the “idiotic occupation” if they will th ves make tte use of Togards a daily habit and urge their “men folks To gards eave 40gar Foot Comfort fogards slip on over the bare toes, Fit snug and light. Kee theteet dry and sweet. yest tuhable —Sanitary—Durabie, | Natural color only—not ed. Sizesfor men, women and children. very pair in a scaled, transparent packet bearing the Togard trade-mark. Liste, 10¢ per pal |.00 per dozen pairs. Silk,” 25¢ per palr—$2.75 per dozen al Buy a dozen pairs. Never be without them. Sold wherever shoes and stockings are worn, the world around, Sould your dealce not happen to have Togards, we wili supply 700. postpaid, on receipt of price. In ordering be sure to state size sactiog you wear. H.L. NELKE & CO., Tenth and Norris Streets, Philadelphi, Coryrigle 1900 by RL. Nethe & Qo, Phila, Franklin Simon & Co. Fifth Avenue, New York Handsome Fur Coats for Women and Misses at Special Prices No. 200—Very Smart Coat of FINE QUALITY FRENCH SEAL FuR. 54 inches long, slightly semi-fitted model, deep col- lar (cape effect) with broad roll fronts and deep cuffs of the fur, fastened with two handsome braid ornaments, seal buttons, lined with plain silk in high colors, lining finished with shir- ring of same silk. . . . 98. Women's sizes, 32 to 44 Bust Misses’ sizes, 14 to 20 years, same 50 price of ordinary vision, so far as details are concerned, When a woman goes riding or walk- ing, or anywhere publicly, she expects other women to see and to admire and to envy her hat and her gown and her shoes and her dog. She contributes to the outing her- self only, She does not wish to per- form any work connected with the trip. True, she will walk, but then her skirts are swung properly. Until aeroplanes are devised which will run along close to the ground women will not take up aviating. A Good Example Rewarded When the Emperor Conrad the Third took the city of Munich he decreed that all the men should be put to the sword, and that the women might quit the place and take with them what they could carry. The em- peror was a little later somewhat as- tonished at seeing a multitude of women coming out of the gates with their husbands on their shoulders. 43 HE question, “What is the correct material?” settles itself auto- matically if evening dress clothes are made of imported worsteds stamped withthe Willismark W.P.WiLtis & C2 New York IMPORTERS Imported fabrics bearing the Willis mark are to be had only of Custom Tailors—Never in Ready-made Clothing. comicbooks.com