Life, 1913-01-09 · page 74 of 100
Life — January 9, 1913 — page 74: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page is primarily **advertising and light humor** rather than political satire. The left column features "Ballad of the Pannier Skirt," a fashion poem celebrating the return of panniers (puffed fabric at the sides of skirts)—a historical silhouette. This reflects early 20th-century fashion nostalgia for 18th-century styles. The humor pieces are gentle social commentary: - **"Hard to Satisfy"** mocks marital dynamics and domestic discontent - **"The Worst Yet"** uses a child's note to a teacher to humorously critique parenting anxieties—the mother obsesses over breathing techniques while struggling financially - **"Between Friends"** contains a brief joke about social awkwardness The right side is dominated by **resort advertising** (Hotel Chamberlin at Fortress Monroe, Virginia) and a steel towrope product ad. No significant political figures or events are referenced. The satire targets universal human foibles—fashion vanity, marital discord, and parental worry—rather than specific political targets.
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Q Year-Round Re of Eas: ly Reached From Anywhere Ballade of the Pannier Skirt I've gathered from Fashion's latest hints That panniers are coming this way ; To visions of sweet flowered chintz OOK tthe sear is Here fa the mont sccenibie of My fancies impulsively sway; all the Atlantic coast resorts. It isn’t necessary to To:/ahepherdess costumes 90 gay, spend half your time going and coming if you take a Where saucy, puffed panniers appear ; vacation here. Quickest to reach by rail or water, and no other Indeed, ‘tis a fetching array resort is so uniquely situated; right at Fortress Monroe, the largest I'm glad that the panniers are here. military post on the Atlantic Coast, and at Hampton Roads, the rendezvous of the nation’s warships. The constantly changing scenes of military I look at those fresh, dainty. prints, and naval life furnish the ‘‘something different”” about this resort. Besprinkled with blossoms of May, Spend Your Vacations at In delicate roseate tints, Each figure a tiny bouquet ; A lawn with a background of gray And figured with rosebuds, is dear! Oh, yes, when these goods I survey I'm glad that the panniers are here. u A flash of a shoe buckle’s glints its Completely Appointed Medicinal Baths. Here you may just rest and recuperate or enjoy your favorite recreation—golf, tennis, etc. further information and {ateresting illustrated booklets, apply, at ome fennel of ecol’ lozenge mints ee cunt barsaus or transportation offices, or address me personally. Side curls of an carlier day; p GEORGE F, ADAMS, Manager. Fortress Monroe, Va. fxr x EEEBS I see, as my thoughts wider stray; Soft shawls of a pattern broché, jew York Office, 1122 Broadway Long bodices, pointed and queer; It is an enchanting display— ————= ; = I'm glad that the panniers are here. ‘ L'Envoi. Pertinent The Worst Yet Dame Fashion, come hither, I pray, It is the fashion in England to attach Johnny handed the following note Let me whisper a word in your car, to houses names that in many instances from his mother to the teacher ose I'm glad hobble skirts are passé, are absurd or misleading—as “ Apple- morning: I'm glad that the panniers are here. cot,” where the only trees are firs; but, Dere Teecner: You keep tellin’ Carolyn Wells in Harper's Bazar. as this London Chronicle story shows, my boy to brethe with his diafram. fitness and humor sometimes govern the Maybe rich children has got dis In a Pinch, use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE choice. frams, but how about when there A retired Indian civil servant, on his father only makes $1.50 a « Hard to Satisfy return to England, yielded to his wife's has got five children to keep importunities, and said that she might it's one thing;ithen it's another, ‘and have a new house. ; ; now it’s diaframs, That's the worst “But mind,” he emphasized, “it must yet—Ladies’ Home Journal ae 4 . . not cost above three thousand pounds.” I'm trying to follow this magazine's It cost double that amount, as houses The piquancy of a Sherbet is attained by using a advice on how to be happy. have a way of doing, and when it came QPP Er Saale ct Dieters by malt ascent —Detroit Free Press. time to name the place, the owner had Ioflated =P incruired considerable fine masculine feeling to Between Friends “ ' put into it; so, not wholly in memory Our college won of India, he called it, “ Mysore Place.” “They did? Rah! Rah! Rah! What Youth's Companion. did they win?” “The debate.” “Oh. pshaw “ Dear me, I think I'm the most miser- able creature in the world.” “What's the matter?” Youne Brive: Jack and I are too souls with but a single thought. Friexo: How charming! Who has the thought in keeping to-night? Cxiric: By George, old chap, when I — Harbors look at one of your paintings I stand and —Washintgon Herald. wonder. Axrist: How I do it? Caroni the Ideal Bitters. Should be in every 7] IN as cents for trial bottle. You'll be delighted, 7” Nome Se Carrie: why you do it. Oct. C. Blache & Co., 78 Broad St., New York, Gen'l Distre. —Independent. Patented HERE’S THE ONE SURE TOWROPE : You can investigate this new standard accessory at your supply dealer's TODAY. And you should post up on *BASLINE, AUTOWLINE" the towrope that stood every test on the Glidden tour and the Coast to Coast tours. It's 30 feet of finest s-16- inch flexible steel rope. “*Colls Up Flat Under the Cushion * Autowline weighs only six Ibs., but has an approximate strength of 7000 Ibs. Don't put a big, bulky, grease-collecting manila towrope in your car — get Autowline at your dealer's for only $3.75. re whole FREE 2 ijfsra Was’ ts tars TOOAY, BRODERICK & BASCOM ROPE CO., 809 N. 2nd St., St.Louis, Mo. POPULAR ADS ILLUSTRATED The Little Steel Rope with the Big Pull eat gtaNn Ean Trade Mark Registered GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER 50 cents per case of 6 glass stoppered COMIEHOOKS-coM