Life, 1912-11-28 · page 30 of 44
Life — November 28, 1912 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page from the American satirical magazine *Life* contains humor pieces and advertisements typical of the early 20th century. ## Main Cartoons/Humor: **"Aut Scissors, Aut Nullus"** ("Scissors or Nothing") features a satirical poem mocking fashionable women's hats. The accompanying illustration shows an exaggerated woman carrying an enormous, ornate hat. The satire targets the absurdity of contemporary hat fashion—hats decorated with feathers, quills, and impractical embellishments that the poem suggests border on insanity ("Fit to fill a padded cell"). The short jokes above satirize gender stereotypes: one about women's cleanliness habits, another suggesting educated women paradoxically care about fashionable appearance despite intellectual pretensions, and a third joking that women prioritize stylish clothing over intellectual virtue. ## Context: Early 1900s women's fashion featured extraordinarily elaborate millinery, often featuring bird feathers and excessive ornamentation—a target of contemporary satire. The page also includes period advertisements for whiskey, cigarettes, and woolens, reflecting commercial practices of the era.
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LIFE Easier and More Natural Exsre: After I wash my face T look in the mirror to sec if it’s clean. Don't you? Bossy: Don't have to. I look at the towel.—Boston Transcript. New Version Miss Elizabeth Marbury, the dramatic nt of New York, said at the Colony AUT SCISSORS UT NULLUS The Hats © the latest style in hats, Awful hats! Every freakish brand of bonnet That was ever made to sell. Each with something spikey on it, ‘That will make you when you don i: Fit to fill a padded cell Twisted up and dented down Shrunken brim and swollen crown, Made of felt and silk and velvet, and the fur of dogs and cats, Oh, the hats, hats, hats, hats, Oh the kinky little, dinky little hats Watch the passing show of hats, Brazen hats! Every one enough to stagger en Hottentots or Turks Aiming to be smart and swagger, With hatpin like a dagger, And a lot of quills like dirks Color crazy, red and blue, Yellow, green, and purple too. Combinations and creations that would Club the other day: ‘ clear a house of rats. “It is an error to think that the in- Oh, the hats. hats, hats, hats, tellectual girl is dowdy Look at the Oh the mad chaotic, idiotic hats. airl graduates about you. Those with —Minna Irving in New York Sun the highest ‘ks wear usually the nicest frocks. I said one day to a Bryn Mawr : “Gresk are supposed to be symbolic of all that is foolish. “Well, go on.” “But you never see an old gander hoard a million kernels of corn and then £0 around trying to mate with a gosling.” —Kansas City Journal. **How beautiful your pannier gown fits, dear. I thought you grave and rev erend seniors were above such trifles?’ Oh, no,’ said she. ‘We all believe here in the survival of the best fitted.” York Tribune, GOING TO SCHOOL THE MODERN CIILD lished every Thursday, simultaneously in the United States, Great Heitain, Canada and British Livn is for sale by all newsdeaters in Great Retain and may be obtained from booksellers in all the peincpal vosessions, $5.00 a year i nal postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.04 cities of the world. The foreign trade supplied {rom Live's London Ofce, Cannon Howse, Breaoms Builder s year: to Canada, $2 cen nt copies. 10 cents. Back numbers, after three months from London, b. ate of publication, 25 cents. Issues prior to 1910 ost of print. The text and illustrations in Laer. are caprrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain apple t» Live. 1 No contribution telld be returned unless accompanied by stamped and addrened envelite. Lape dees mat held itl Seuthamptim Raw, Landon, WC. responsible for the los or non-return of weslicited cantributions, Prompt matifcation sheald be sent br subscribers of ant change ef aadren An Ideal Xmas Gift Monogramed Cigarettes as Xmas gifts Indicate forethougt| ‘Ad carry a personal touch. They are bound to be aporeciated. Mathues Brothers’ cigarettes are guaranteed exclusively hand-made of pure Turkish tobaccos. Highest quality Smported rice paper—skilled labor—sanitary factory and_per- fonal supervision insures absolute perfection. Plain, Gold, Silver, Cork and Straw Ups. JAEGER Porous Woolens are espe- cially recommended for all who engage in outdoor recreation. Positive protection against sudden changes of temperature. Jaeger Woolens prevent chill. Write for book- let of particulars and samples. When you want a whiskey that is a little bet- ter than you can get at your club, I have it for you. Vv. O. S. GOLD ARMOR WHISKEY A blend of straight Bourbons, one selected for its aroma, another for its body and a third for its flavor, and all taken from my own family’s collec- tion of rare old Bourbons—so harmonized as to produce that exquisite bouquet, the eternal quest of the connoisseur. Undoubtedly an ideal in whiskey, but if you don’t find it so you can have , i : Lane Print Initials plainly. Specity Up desired, Enclose money- your money returned New York: 306 Filth Ave., 22 Maiden order tn letter.” All cigarettes packed in attractive boxes of 10) i Boston: 324 Boylston St. Sold oaly by mail, A quarts $6. Send check Phila: Panis Chto Grieg: 128 N State Si | "Write for our booklet, “A Plea for a Good Cigarette.” or use your business stationery. Express prepaid. ‘Agents in all Principal Cities SATHOES BROS atas 00 a on en ladison Ave., N. Y. City RANDOLPH ROSE, Ove Block Fast of Fifth Avenue and Motel Plaza. y, onary ae old whiskies,” PURVEYORS TO PARTICULAR PEOPLE cr treet. Newport entucky. comicbooine UH $2.00 PER HUNDRED WITH YOUR NAME OR INITIALS (nitiats, Monogram, Crest, Coat-of-Arms, te., re quiring sirens di die, $1.00 extra for first 100 only) Special designs for Clubs. Colleges, Frateroitics, dinner parties and sociat Batherings. Ladies’ cigarettes (pecial) se) our specialty. Order now for Xmas During the holidays, on orders for 600 oF more, wo will eke } fe eractal die. for Monogram, Crest, ete., gratls; also a opel z ; ce asd Dr.Jaeger’sS.W.S.Co.’sOwnStores ee erie SA Box, Made expecially for Mr. oF: ies)