Life, 1912-10-10 · page 27 of 48
Life — October 10, 1912 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **two distinct satirical pieces**: **"Another Escape"** (top): A poem by Carolyn Wells mocking the women's suffrage movement. The accompanying illustration shows a woman in dark robes gesturing dramatically over a sleeping man, suggesting women activists are theatrical and disruptive. The poem satirizes suffragettes by listing their characteristics (marching, carrying banners, acquiring independence, smoking) as shocking behavior that will "interest the Public, though you shock it." **"A Good Show"** (bottom): Commentary on a tariff exhibition at Union Square, New York. The author praises this dry government display about protectionist tariffs and industrial price-gouging as genuinely worthwhile for consumers, despite lacking entertainment value. The accompanying cartoon shows children, with one making faces while another urges her to stop, suggesting the tariff discussion is so tedious it requires childish distraction. Both pieces use humor to critique contemporary social issues: women's political activism and economic policy.
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we y e e r fe} e g e 2 t f a ANOTHER ESCAPE If you can march with crowds in straggling manner, = 0 Or ride a horse, or perch upon a float, If you have “Votes for Women” on your banner, t) If nothing counts with you except the vote; 0 ‘ If you acquire a latch-key and a pocket, ¥ If you can learn to smoke a cigarette; You'll interest the Public, though you shock it— And, what is worse, you'll be a Suffragette. Carolyn Wells. A Good Show HERE is an excellent show down in Union Square, West, which is well worth a visit by anyone who has a spark of serious interest in what the Government is do- iug to us. It is the tariff show, and contains many ocular and unforgettable demonstrations of how we are gouged and robbed by our ex-infant industries. The show is with- out chorus girls, rag-time, salaciousness and all other tra- ditional things which are considered so necessary to the welfare of the tired business man, but it is just the thing = : : TAR suave for the tired householder and housewife, who are com- pelled to pay out of all proportion for what they buy. “COME ON, MAMIE, THERE'S NO USE ARGUIN’ WITH After its New York run this show ought to be put on the HER, SHE KIN MAKE TWICE AS BAD FACES AS YOU road for a long tour of the States. K XUM 4 comicbooks.com