Life, 1913-07-03 · page 44 of 48
Life — July 3, 1913 — page 44: what you’re looking at
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This page contains political and social satire typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. **"Republicans Wanted" (top):** A mock classified ad satirizing the Republican Party's nostalgia for the 19th century. The humor lies in the exaggerated desperation and the absurd requirement to provide "credit-rating and previous condition of ancestors"—mocking both Republican conservatism and the party's obsession with respectability and inherited status. It suggests Republicans are desperately clinging to the past rather than addressing present concerns. **"Where the Feminine Touch Fails":** An advertisement masquerading as editorial commentary, satirizing women's fashion choices. The cartoon shows a woman in poor golfing attire. The piece mocks women who dress badly for sports, while ironically promoting Vogue magazine as the authority on feminine fashion—poking fun at both gender stereotypes and consumer culture's solutions to social problems. The remaining content is primarily advertising for Hinds Cream and other products, interspersed with unrelated editorial content.
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iy el hig Republicans Wanted ANTED—Republicans, Right away. Demand pressing. Must get into imme- diate communication with hundreds of thousands of staunch, dyed-in-the wool, patronizingly-complacent and overpoweringly-respectable Republicans of the old school. There is only one thing this country needs and that is salvation. If we can get enough of the faithful together within a reasonable time, there is good ground for believing not only that we can stop things just where they are, but possibly even move them back to where they were in the halcyon days of the nineteenth century. Don't delay. We need you. The country needs you. The interests need you. Come to the front. Put your shoulders to the wheels of progress and force them back. Address G. O. P., Wall Street, stating credit-rating and previous condition of ancestors, if any. STAT “Where the Feminine Touch Fails” “Look about you on the golf links and tennis court. Ninety-nine sportswomen out of a hundred dress badly. Don’t you do it. Read the leading article in the July Ist Vogue—it tells what to avoid and what to adopt in your out-of-door wardrobe. «J regard Vogue,’ writes a western reader, ‘‘not asa magazine, but as a true and tried friend.’? Look upon Vogue in this light and Vogue will settle many summer perplexities and do many summer errands for you. For example: When you don’t know what to And when you suddenly want to wear at any midsummer occasion, buy something—even though you indoors or out, ask Vogue! To are miles from the best shops— see what is being worn this month let the Vogue Shopping Service at Newport and other fashion- do your errand, Full particulars able summer colonies, read the on page 2 of the JULY 1st VOGUE At all news-stands to-day Wherever you go this Summer, see that Vogue goes with you. The time will come when you will be glad to rely onVogue’s cheerful assistance and authoritative advice. 443 Fourth New York City Conpé Nast, Publisher $4 @ year—24 numbers 25 cents a copy Twice a month Try it for SUNBURN soothe the tender, inflamed - ts will soon heal without Se ie eee aalee soe iS) Hinds Cold Cream in tubes, 25c. SAMPLES will be sent f you enclose fe. stamp to pay postage. is S$. HINDS, 208 West: Street, Portland, Maine The Lost Art of Thinking A little hard thinking will supply the place of a great deal of reading; and an hour or two spent in this manner somctimes lead you to conclusions which it would require a volume to establish. The mind advances in its train of thought, as a restive colt proceeds on the road in which you wish to guide him; he is always running to on= side or the other, and deviating from the proper path, to which it is your affair to bring him back. I have asked several men what passes in their minds when they are thinking; and I never could find any man who could think for two minutes together. Everybody has seemed to admit that it was a perpetual deviation from a particular path, and a perpetual return to it; which, imperfect as the operation is, is the only method in which we can operate with our minds to carry on any process of thought. —Sydney Sm THE YOUNG LADY OF LANSING is a young lady of Lansing ‘There Who does all the new things in dancing Fhe various ides, “Rad-Bridge” besides, ni DS And is'on the whole g quite, comicbooks.com