Life, 1913-06-19 · page 47 of 52
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This page contains a satirical essay by Kenneth F. H. Underwood addressing concerns about women's suffrage and social reform. The piece mockingly reassures conservative women that granting women voting rights won't undermine femininity or marriage prospects—men will remain attracted regardless. The satire targets both conservative anxieties about women's liberation and the suffrage movement itself. References to "Pankhurst" invoke Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British suffragette movement known for disruptive tactics ("bomb-erang country estates"). The author dismisses such methods while arguing women's independence is historically inevitable. The condescending tone—calling women "lady conservatives" and "lady bachelors," suggesting men will "follow" enfranchised women—undercuts the progressive message, suggesting the author sees women's liberation as inevitable despite male resistance rather than justified reform. The remaining page content comprises product advertisements (Nabisco wafers, cedar chests, Russian wolfhounds) and a book review section typical of *Life* magazine's format.
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ire all this widely re- gretted eroticism. Yes; you will be able to find just as many soft, fluffy, fire-light-and- cosy-corner girls as before the catas- trophe. There are always the dé- butantes to fall back on. It will be centuries before they know enough to vote. Brighten up, you lady conservatives! Of course your English sisters are a trifle overdoing it, but no reform ever took place without a little advertising. Some historical gentlemen have also conducted revolutions — praiseworthy enough in themselves—in an uncom- mendab‘« manner. Agreed that we all think it indeli- cate to un-green golf links, calcine railroad stations, bomb-erang country estates, or Pankhurst our food; but women have made history in various ways throughout the ages, and this is surely a more independent if ill-judged one than the Cleopatra-Pompadour method. Fear not, you lady bachelors. The young men will not run away from you enfranchised, unless they did be- fore, in which case it is no national matter for correction. If you doubt, go and look at the next feminine parade in New York City. What are all those men looking at? Are they aroused to patriotic zeal by the suf- frage banners? Or perhaps by the martial music? You guess. I see a very pretty little vote-chaser astride a milk-white charger. No, dear ladies; go as far as you like in any direction. You can never change human nature, and believe me —us gentlemen will follow you, hum- ble adorers, even into the gloomy vista of the mystic future. Provided that enough of you go. Kenneth F. H. Underwood. " MOTH- -PROOF | CEDAR CHEST Trial. No Money Down Stee duxzix2 Bik pars fox self by saving storage by saving storage charges. Lateics trom Protects “ind dumpoess, and lasts for generations, } foe i pao pace ot fraare. Many other styles—all at SSFiRAROL KENNELS ee porn Sugar Wafers enrich the elaborate luncheon adorn the simplest of “afternoons.” Their good- ness and attractiveness are pleasing alike to hostess and guests. Sweetness and flavor are delightfully united in these highly esteemed dessert confections. In ten-cent tins; also in twenty-five-cent tins. ADORA :—A filled sugar wafer—the newest of dessert sweets. FESTINO:~—A favorite confection in the guise of an almond, with a kernel of almond- flavored cream. CHOCOLATE TOKENS:—A dessert con- fection having a rich chocolate coating. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Books Received The Making of a Town, by Frank L. McVey. (A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, The Abysmal Brute, by Jack London. Ml. $1.00.) (The Century Co. $1.00.) Helena Brett's Career, by Desmond The Scarlet Rider, by Bertha Runkle. Joke. (E. P. Dutton & Co. $1.35.) (The Century Co. $1.35.) The Catfish, by Charles Marriott. The Art of Entertaining, for all oc- (Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Ind. casions, by “Madame Mer (F. G. $1.35.) Browne & Co., Chicago, IIL. $1.00.) The Business of Pawnbroking, by Growing Pains, by Ivy Low. (Geo. H. Samuel W, Levine. (D. Halpern Co.) Doran Co. $1.20.) Dying Fires, by Allan Monkhouse. The Bugles of Gettysburg, by La Salle (Geo. H. Doran Co, $1.20.) Corbell Pickett. (F. G. Browne & Co, xed Grill, by W. Pett Ridge. (Geo. Chicago, Ill. $1.00.) . Doran Co. $1.20.) The Human Slaughter-House, by Wil- The Jumping-Of Place, by Ethel helm Lamszus. (F. A. Stokes Co. so Shackelford. (Geo. H. Doran Co. cents.) . Enjoyment of Poetry, by Max East- His Love Story, by Maric Van Vorst. man. (Chas. Scribner's Sons. $1. (Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Ind. The Man Who One Day a Year Wouid $1.20.) Go “Eclin’,” by Chas. Halsted Mapes. The Inside of the Cup, by Winston (G. P. Putnam's Sons.) Churchill, (MacMillan Co, $1.50.) comicbooks.com