Life, 1913-07-17 · page 36 of 44
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**Main Content:** This page features a satirical short story titled "The Inevitable" mocking early 20th-century social movements and expectations around women's roles. **The Satire:** A young woman declares "I want to be loved," but is confronted by various representatives of modern society—a suffragette, bachelor, school administrator, doctor, and poet—each interpreting her desire through their own ideological lens. The suffragette accuses her of wanting motherhood; the bachelor sees her as competition for living costs; the school wants her as an inspirational worker; the doctor dismisses sentiment; the poet suggests marriage is obsolete. Only an elderly man remains willing to accept her simply as she is. The joke critiques how contemporary movements (feminism, modernism, commercialism) had become so dogmatic that genuine human emotion became lost in ideology. **Secondary Content:** The page includes unrelated period advertisements for seasickness remedy and motor oil—typical of Life's mixed editorial/commercial format.
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The Inevitable “I WANT to be loved,” murmured the sweet young girl. “You don't. want. anything of the sort,” replied the suffragette. “ You want to prove to the world that being a mother is the lowest aim of woman. You want to spend your time destroy- ing property.” . “You want to remain single,” said the bachelor, “and give me a chance in my bachelor apartment to keep up with the high cost of living.” Said the school: “ You don’t want to be loved; you want to get four hundred dollars a year for the rest of your life inspiring the young by your noble example.” Said the doctor: be loved!” Said the poct: “Nonsense! How can you want to be loved when I am ing all my epics to machinery Said the novelist: ‘“ Not necessary, assure you. My characters are all divorced.” Said the world: “ You—want to be This is evidently a case of And in one so “You don't dare loved! vulgar sex appeal! eemingly innocent!” “TIT want to be loved,” repeated the young girl, with a sigh. “Is there no one who will take me?” An old man stepped forward. “I am the only one left,” he said. “I have outlived all the fads of the period. Will you let me love you?” “There seems to be nothing else to do,” said the young girl. ASICKNESS| Prevented—Stopped OTHERSILL'S, after thorough tests, is now offi- cially, pidonted by practically all the Great Lakes and New York Steamship Companies runniag south, and many Transatlantic lines. Four years ago Mr. Mothersill gave a personal demon: stration of his remedy on the Enghsh Channel, Irish S and the Baltic, and received unqualified endorsement fr leading bapers and such people as Bishop Taylor Smit Lord Northcliff, and hosts of doctors, bankers and profes: sional n. Letters from personages ot ernational re: nown—people we all know—together with much valuable information, are contained an attractive booklet, which will be sent free upon receipt of your name and address. Mothersill’s is guaranteed not to contain cocaine, mor: pine, opium, chloral. or any coaltar products, 30 cent ox is sufficient for twenty-four hours. $1.00 box for a| Transatlantic voyage. Your druggist keeps, Mothersill's or will obtain it for you from his wholesaler. If you ave any trouble getting the genuine, send direct to the | nhersill Remedy Co Scherer Iildg... De ich ‘Alen at to St. Bride’ Street, London, M More motors go bad through poor oil. than —and yet thoughtless owners keep on using poor oil. That’s why the men who build motors and stake their business reputation on them are taking up Wolf's Head Oil and vigorously advising its use. Here are some of the famous manufacturers who already use or advise the use of Wolf’s Head Oil Silent Keight Daimler ‘Builders of motor ate the cette Bloeat & ‘ert Cs ) Reliance Motor Wecllee-Faober Beat Co. field Brothers Gray Meter Co. End Motor Co. Marien = ali Insist on Wolf’s Head Oil in the Original Sealed Cans Write Us for Booklet Giving Advice of Motor Manufacturers. WOLVERINE LUBRICANTS CO., 76 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK Branches: Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Utica, Pittsburgh TERRITORIAL AGENCIES: W. P. FULLER & CO. >__, San Francisco Paci Seely et. a and New Zealand BUHL SONS ¢ Detroit. Mich. tchigan, Northern, Ohio “and Northern Indiana caNabl FAIRBARREORSE CO., Limited, Mon- Canada, ARTHUR sToRZ, Auro SUPPLY CO. + Omaha, Neb. EVANS OIL WORKS + Cineinnati, O. BURN AUTO SUPPLY CO. Memphis, Tran. THE Soule MEN NT CO. Kansas City, Mo. SOUTHERN HARDWARE & WOODSTOCK CO. New Orleans, La. QGDEN PAINT, OIL & GLASS CO. ELYEA-AUSTELL CO. - ANDERSON OIL CO. ig PAINTING HS NOSE TWO CONCEPTIONS tun the and the affo pric a fi neat sole sligh W with deta vieti acco recei be p the from meth genth Tt Popul: numb almos| actual of bas Tt i People that it same | indulge But th fashion Why stand pe in our tically [comicbooks.com