Life, 1913-08-07 · page 11 of 40
Life — August 7, 1913 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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The main cartoon, titled "Vacation Joys," depicts a camping scene with the caption: "Are my clothes dry yet, Henry, or shall I go back to bed?" The humor relies on a common domestic frustration: a wife asking her husband about laundry during a camping trip, implying that even on vacation, household chores (particularly women's work like clothes washing) persist. The setup suggests the couple went camping to escape routine, yet the woman is still preoccupied with domestic tasks. The joke satirizes both the impracticality of maintaining household standards while camping and the assumption that vacation doesn't relieve women from their traditional domestic responsibilities. Below are three separate brief articles: a job posting for railroad engineers, a joke about Secretary of State Bryan's tenure, and a satirical piece titled "A Real Need" mocking the concept of "pasteurizing" girls through social conformity.
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Glarence Rowe VACATION JOYS “ARE MY CLOTHES DRY YET, HENRY, OR SHALL I GO BACK TO BED?” Engineers Wanted ANTED—By the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R, Locomotive Engi- neers. No ordinary engineers need ap- ply. Owing to the great increase in the number of wrecks, we need engineers who will accept the entire responsi- bility and take the entire blame. Must understand not only engines, block signals and cross-overs, but must have a complete working knowledge of the entire railroad system. Must take com- plete charge so as to leave no excusing loophole in case of disaster. Wages nominal owing to the high salaries paid to the less responsible officials ind directors. Address, C. S. M., Any- ville. i A BOUT how long has Mr. Bryan been Secretary of State?” “Oh, about fifty speeches.” A Real Need How to pasteurize milk. —Newspaper heading. VERYBODY has had a shy at milk. But what is really needed is a method of pasteuriging some of our girls, Pasteurized styles, pasteurized danc- ing, pasteurized slang, pasteurized fool- ishness among women—that would be something like. comicbooks.com