Life, 1913-03-06 · page 29 of 72
Life — March 6, 1913 — page 29: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects literary quotations—from Shakespeare, Milton, Browning, and others—on the themes of women, love, and male-female relationships. The accompanying sketch depicts a woman with two children, illustrating the domestic reality behind romantic ideals. The satire operates through **juxtaposition**: the page pairs lofty literary sentiments about women ("she has done her best...to make it up to him") with darker observations about marriage's burdens. Quotes range from celebratory (Milton's Paradise) to cynical (the Scottish verse about women as "wreck o' me"). The small comic dialogue at bottom—"Cowarn" losing hope except for heaven because Schuyler is discouraged—appears unrelated but reinforces the page's cynical tone about life's disappointments. The overall message: Life magazine mocks both romantic idealization of women and the disillusioned reality of domestic entanglement that follows.
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“If woman did turn man out of Paradise, she has done her best ever since to make it up to him.” Sheldon. “Oh think of such a mistress at your side In such a solitude, and none to chide!” “Salaman and Absel.” Translation from the Persian. “T, ere thou spakest, Knew it not good for man to be alone; What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.” John Milton, “ Paradise Lost,” Book VIII, “Oh, by George, I say, what a hug- ging that woman'll get.” From “Diana of the Crossroads,” Chapter XII (George Meredith). “Here's putting one over on Rob- inson Crusoe.” George Ade. “When fortune hath done her worst, then love comes in to begin a new tragedy.” Thomas Lodge, “ Rosalynde.” “For life and love will soon come by, So there little boy—don’t cry, don't cy” James Whitcomb Riley. “He could shout for help on every side—and nobody would answer. He could stretch out his hands, he could call for aid, for support, for sympathy, for relief—and nobody would come. Nobody. There was no one there— but that woman.” “It is a great consolation to be alone—especially when a girl is with you.” Mark Twain. “O the women fo’k! O the women fo’k! But they have been the wreck o’ me; O weary fo’ the women fo’k, For they winna let a body be.” “Escape me? Never— Beloved! While I am I, and you are you, So long as the world contains us both.” Robert Browning, “ Life in a Love.” “REMEMBER, ARTE LIKE ONE FOR JUST ONE DAY.” YOU ARE THE SON OF A GENTLEMAN, TRY TO BEHAVE “ALL RIGHT, MOTHER, BUT IT WILL SPOIL THE WHOLE DAY FOR ME.” what does it matter what's coming? ’Tis sure to be better than this.” An’ John Galsworthy, “ Countrymen’s Song.” “Hey day, what a sweep of vanity comes this wa: Shakespeare, “Timon of Athens,” Act 1, Scene I. “Trouble brings trouble to trouble.” Sophocles. The “ Giftie” WO women were once permitted by a fairy to look into the mir- ror with each other's eyes. The charm passed in a moment, but the women never spoke to each other again OWARD: Schuyler says that now he has lost all hope of every- thing but heaven Cowarn: Good gracious! No won- der he's discouraged. comicbooks.com