Life, 1913-08-28 · page 38 of 40
Life — August 28, 1913 — page 38: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical commentary on women's fashion and social change, alongside period advertisements. **"Woman Too Much Revealed"**: The main article satirizes *The London Times* for its alarm over women's increasingly revealing clothing. The Times worried that shorter skirts and fewer undergarments represented moral decay and dangerous female "undressing." Life's satire critiques this anxiety by noting that women's visible confidence and self-presentation is actually a *source of power*—the editorial argues that mystery and concealment gave women more control, implying the Times misunderstands female agency. The piece ironically suggests women should understand their "machinery" works better when kept mysterious. **Advertisements**: Walk-Over shoes and Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey ads occupy significant space, representing typical 1920s consumer marketing. **"Van Dyke to Dyke-Land"**: A brief humorous note announcing Henry Van Dyke's appointment as U.S. minister to the Netherlands, making a pun on his name and Dutch "dykes." The page reflects post-WWI anxieties about changing gender roles and women's visibility in public life.
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370 Woman Too Much Revealed HE London Times, which is re- garded ever by many Englishmen as a respectable paper, has been con- cerning itself greatly over woman's dressing, or, rather, as the Times puts it, “an orgy of undressing.” The Times wants to know where it will end. It says: wr =, oh Lhe “Five years ago women still wore skirts and bodices which covered them, he Me ecko thick coongh pe io show the vil Sh W rth calor af theieiakio; und. auficient. stays I Sed ‘petticoats to conceal the details of f rue oe (0) their persone, i ws eas to-day it is patent, at least to the observant person, . : ret omenteear.alicost Sothing ‘under E world-wide Walk-Over success is heir gowns, even in the daytime. © * * i - : * ; Oldctsshioncd people have Rot lifted up built upon an ideal—it’s an ideal that their voices in rebuke to a generation ‘: compels a frank straightforward way of seeing P 2 which would have made their fathers gasp and stare and resort to prayer ito f and meeting the viewpoint of people who wear The Times thinks, although it fails shoes—of satisfying their style tastes, their quality to understand the connection, that this tequirements, their comfort needs—in making undressing movement may have been Z =. * * ° brought on by the world restlessness po) shoes, asa matter of principle, that will give the ‘ greatest possible degree of all-round satisfaction. which is everywhere evident. We suppose that this may be so. Seas 5 e icigcan era of Tranieiess: of thersatl sf |r Walk-Over stores or agencies are established faction of a desire for publicity which | in practically every city or town in the world. Women have % From $3.50 to $7.00. Standard prices $4.50 is everywhere evident. got themselves mixed up in it, They 5 : and $5.00. want to show what they. are, and how Syne Aak sca’ We well and completely they do it! : sk your local Walk - Over dealer to Would it be considered discourteous ‘ show you the popular ‘*Carlton’’ model. to point out to them their danger? GEO. E. KEITH COMPANY When the machinery of government is Manufacturers of Walk-Overs put on view and we can all sce the : for Mea and Womea wheels go round, it’s a help for the 4 Campello (Brockton), Mass. body of the people no doubt, and : . . things are apt not to be so dishonestly Te woe Per gpocers on oxry done. You can’t intrigue so well on a hilltop as you can in a dark cellar. But Good Lord! Women ought to know by this time that their machinery is a good deal more powerful when it isn't too much exposed. So long as x eg : ae they can make us believe in their RELL mystery they will control the situation. iT Diaphanous silk doesn't help them | PLO WANTED. FOR = nutes ares ee, Van Dyke to Dyke-Land much to do this. You can write them, Manufacturers now paying $5 to $100 for | each Blot We teach you how to write a sell them. No pre- TRONERS AUTON Frere NORGE SEs lead henge es rene. Vani Daveehas been slated ih ENON .Seicase, for the place of United States minister tu the Netherlands. A Van Dyke in the land of dykes will be in place. While the American Van Dyke cannot handle a brush did the Flemish Vandyke, he is one of the best word painters in the un er world. So Van Dyke and the dykes and —, recollection of Vandyke will fit nicely in the snug country where the preacher- author-educator is likely to represent his country for some time to come. altimore a “Way has your daughter dropped her ‘THE RICHEST PRODUCT OF THE BEST hospital work so soon?” OF MARYLAND'S FAMOUS DISTILLERIES She found she'd have to nurse poor patients for two years before they en- Sold at all fet - clam cafes and by trusted her with any millionaires. So ¥ jobbers. ‘WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. she’s going on the stage in a musical comedy."—Kansas City Journal. comicbooks.com