Life, 1913-07-31 · page 32 of 36
Life — July 31, 1913 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements and short humor pieces**, with one significant political cartoon. ## "The Suffragist's Dilemma" The main satirical piece mocks women's newly gained voting rights. A female voter attempts to cast her ballot but rejects every candidate based on *trivial personal grievances*—disliking someone's gown, remembering past slights, objecting to outdated fashion choices. She ends unable to vote for anyone. The satire suggests women voters are petty and irrational, prioritizing fashion and social grudges over substantive political judgment. This reflects **anti-suffrage sentiment** common when women's voting rights were still contentious (the 19th Amendment passed in 1920). ## Other Content The page is dominated by period **advertisements** (Calox toothpowder, Kelly-Springfield tires, Carstairs Rye whiskey, travel tours) and brief humor columns ("Impossible," "Undeserving," "Corroboration") typical of Life's format. The overall message: even with the franchise, women supposedly lacked the judgment to use it responsibly—a common anti-suffrage trope of the era.
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Take the best tooth-powder ever made =Make it a little better—Then add Oxygen—That'’s CALOX, the Oxygen Tooth Powd Sample and Booklet free on request Druggiste, 25 cents Ask for the Calox Tooth Brush, 35c. McKESSON & ROBBINS, NEW YORK ROUND tHe WORLD Six months leisurely travel de Luxe. Limited private tours leave Westbound Sept. 11; Eastbound Oct-18 Now. 8 2% Southbound (the Antipodes oA SPECIAL SHORT FOURS Westbound Oct t Eastbound tor, 10, 1918. Send for illustrated program No. SOUTH AMERICA Complete Tours of South America, including Panama Canal, leave New York Nov. 29, Jan. 24." Program 26. THOS. COOK & SON 245 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, or Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago Meatreal, Toronto, Sen Francisco, Los Angeles OUR, CONT: MFOR ARIES A New Answer to an a Question “What would happen if an irresistible force met an immovable body?” asked the professor of science. “The result,” replied the pretty co-ed, “would be some very interesting by- products."—Ladies’ Home Journal. Undeserving Three Germans were engaged in a confidential talk while dining together in a Broadway café a few days ago. Their conversation drifted from poli- lics to the second marriage of a mutual friend, when one of them remarked: “Tl tell you vhat, A man vhat mar- ties de second time don't deserve to have lost his first vife."—Lippincott’s. The Suffragist’s Dilemma I shall not vote for Mrs. Briggs, I do not like her gown; And [ remember well the dig I got from Clara Brown. Jemima Patterson Magee Shall get no vote of mine; A horrid, stuck-up thing is she— And also I decline To vote for Anastasia Bunce; I fairly boil with rage When I recall that more than once She lied about my age. And Mabel Jones and Agnes Carr And Clementina Ball, I'll scratch, because they never are “ At home” the days I call. I cannot vote, you understand, For Angelina Pratt, Because she isn’t stylish, and She wears a last year's hat. Oh, goodness me! That brings through The list. This ballot's small. There's no one left. What shall I do? J cannot vote at all! Springfield (Mass.) Union. Impossible Startled he looked about him. “ My legs are comfortable,” he muttered. “ My knees aren't cramped. I can get the kinks out of my calves and even lean back a little. My line of sight is unob- structed. Why, not only can I see every- thing, I can also hear everything! I can retire to the foyer without disturbing fifteen people, or even one, but—I'm so comfortable sitting here that I'd rather stay just where I am. These lights—the music—the scenery—all look real, yes, they strongly suggest reality—but it's im- possible. Whoever heard of a comfort- able theatre? I must be dreaming.” And doggone it, that's just what he was doing.—The Masses. Corroboration “Binks appears fortunate in the ad- vice that he has received.” “Yes; most of the persons that he went to told him to do what he had made up his mind to do.” —Buffalo Express. In a Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires Tt takes a human hand and a human brain. That is why we point to the fact that Kelly-Springfield Automobile Tires are made strictly by hand. KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE COMPANY, Branch offices in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Bostoo, St. Louis, Detroit, Angeles, Cleveland, Baltimore, Seattle, Atlanta, Akron, O., Bufalo. The Hear Tre & Raber Columbus, Ohio. Bos Rubber Co., Denver, Colo. ‘South'n Hdwe. & Woodatock Co. Central Ri Any man who knows whiskey will enjoy that “Carstairs” flavor, but only a con- Noisseur can duly appreciate its rare quality. The choice of “gentlemen and scholars and judges of good whiskey” for more than a century, Skilfully blended of selected ryes. Aged in wood. At all clubs, hotels, cafes and res- taurants, ‘The numbered label toncu ne Established 1788 A machine can't get the best from even the best materials. Cor. br. Bway. and 57th St., N. Y.| Cincinnati, San Francico, Same! A tbe stk Ree Co.. Co, Hogton, Texas, Spoiled Her Trip “Then your wife didn’t enjoy her trip to Niagara?" “No; the minute she saw that rush- ing water she began to wonder if she hadn't come away from home and left a faucet running."—Pittsburgh Post. Wine Jelly when flavored with Abbott's Bitters is made more delightful and healthful, 2 cts. in stamps. C. W. Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. Fatuer: You have no sense; I'm going to cut you off with a million. Tue Son: If you do I'll disgrace the family by riding around in a second-hand auto.”"—Philadelphia Bulletin. Sample of bitters by mail, comicbooks.com