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This page contains **satirical commentary and period advertising** rather than traditional political cartoons. ## Key Content: **"Suffragitis" Letter**: A reader sarcastically coins a term mocking women's suffrage as a "dangerous and destructive form of lunacy," claiming it's causing "deadly mischief" in England and America. Life publishes this to ridicule anti-suffrage attitudes—the magazine appears to support women's voting rights by making the opposition look absurd. **"Caught at Last"**: A humorous philosophical satire suggesting they've captured "the Absolute"—referencing Henri Bergson's abstract philosophical concept—now displayed in Central Park like a zoo animal. It mocks pretentious philosophical debate as ultimately meaningless. **Advertisements**: Madame Nordica's weight-reduction bath powder and Booth Tarkington's novel *The Flirt* occupy substantial space, typical of Life's revenue model. For modern readers: this reveals Life as a publication that mixed lightweight satire (mocking both suffrage opponents and abstract philosophy) with commercial advertising in an era before strict editorial/advertising separation.

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E- For Reduction of Weight have discovered a harmless, easy treatment for reduc- ing weight that has proven wonderfully successtul. “And I want you—all weight-burdened woman- heod—to enjoy the benelits of these bath powders, which are prepared from my own formula. "There is no harmful drugging, special dieting or burdensome exercise. Just a natural, gradual treatment that leaves the skin refreshed, smooth and soft, “The endorsement of many prominent people, to- gether with my experience. is contained in my book, Dream of Fair Women.’ Write for it.”” ai Fete Nordica dosh, Ths brea ef Fave Waeseaee, Naeem MADAME NORDICA’S BATH POWDER Sopartcect. Motes "hnd SeetiaSy stad MADAME NORDICA'S COMPANY Studio 17, Eight West Ninth Street, New York City “ Suffragitis ” Tue Epttor or Lire, Dear Str: Here is a new word which I submit for your consideration—suffragitis—a dangerous and destructive form of lunacy now raging among women. It appears in a violent form in England and is doing deadly mischief here. Get busy, Live, with pen and pencil and do your best to check the discase. Yours, L. W.B. Amaxtic City, N. J. Caught at Last E take pleasure in announcing that, after a long and hard chase, the Absolute has at last been captured. He is now confined in a cage in Central Park. For a long time the Absolute has baffied Philosophers, Psychologists and Theologians, each one of whom would announce that he had been cornered, only to admit failure. Ever since Professor Bergson was here, we have had detectives on the trail of the Absglute. He was found at last, skulking in the rear of the Outlook office. The Absolute, now that he has been found, is a great disappointment. He is very mild, eats out of the hand and scarcely shows his great age. He will cat anything from peanuts to paradoxes. Admission ten cents. Sundays free. A TALE of AMERICAN LIFE By Booth Tarkington Author of “The Gentleman from Indiana” “Monsieur Beaucaire,” etc. The Flirt ORA MADISON was made that way—she couldn’t help it. No matter how inconsequential to her you might be, still, if you werea male, you were legitimate game and she would practise every art of fascination that she knew. Some eternal law within her demanded your homage—your complete sup eeton to her loveliness. Her only grief was to find you impervious. Qnce you succumbed, her interest waned and you were allowed to join those other satellites that followed in her wake, but might never cease to follow except at her severe displeasure. Valentine Corliss, suave, European in manner, reputed rich, fell sub- ect as all the rest. But Corliss was playing a little game of his own, and he had no intention of wrecking it fora woman. He perceived the ad- vantage of having Cora’s wiles at his command and so he made love to her. But he took one false step—and thereby hangs the tale. Cora has a small brother, too, Hedrick, who doesn’t know what it is to sleep on the job. He adds zest to a story which is full of the charm of real people. te is an American romance—and who knows better than Booth Farngton how to do that? Illustrated Net $1.25 At all book-shope and st Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, N. Y. q at vn in the new Penn sylvania Station, N. Y.G comicbooks.com BOSesgezw,y