Life, 1913-06-19 · page 21 of 52
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**"Among the Thinkers"** (top cartoon): Two women dismiss their grandmother's complaints about modern dances as vulgar, claiming to see nothing improper. The joke satirizes younger generations' casual acceptance of new social behaviors—particularly the increasingly risqué dances of the 1910s-1920s (likely the Turkey Trot, Bunny Hug, or similar)—while mocking their dismissal of elders' moral concerns as evidence of prudishness rather than wisdom. **"Love's Highest Mark"** (article): This piece sarcastically praises larger women as romantic partners, arguing that "banting" (dieting) is going out of fashion. It humorously claims fat women offer better "Romance, Sentiment, Love, and Good Nature" than thin ones, joking that they're easier to locate, won't exhaust themselves, and possess dignified restraint. The satire likely mocks both 1910s diet culture obsession and romanticized notions of femininity.
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AMONG THE THINKERS ANDMA SAYS ALL THESE NEW DANCES AND THINGS ARE VULGAR. DO YOU SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE WAY IN THEM?” “NOT A THING, SHE MUST HAVE A COARSE MIND.” Love's Highest Mark T: seems to be evidence that banting is going out. Most of the devices to reduce weight have been found to be either deceptive or unhealthy. Some women continue to roll on the floor a hundred times a day, and others make abortive and spasmodic efforts to control their appetites for superfluous nourishment. But, gen- erally speaking, there seems to be a tendency to look upon fat women with increasing respect. Men are grad- ually coming to recognize that they may be getting a better bargain in Romance, Sentiment, Love, and Good Nature, in a fat lady than in a scrawny one. If it is regarded from the prop gle, there i reality, no pleasure like that of making love to a fat There is about it a dignity, a seense of security, and an ab- sence of haste or flurry that give to it a charm over all other forms of love making. The loved one can always be easily located. We are not kept in a constant feeling of apprehension that her energies may be suddenly expended and we may therefore devote ourselvs to the business at hand in the firm conviction that she, at least, will not be JUSTICE IN WEST VIRGINIA overtaxed. No fat girl ever throws herself at a man. comicbooks.com