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Life — November 13, 1913 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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Life — November 13, 1913 — page 21: Life, 1913-11-13

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The OCR text is corrupted and unreadable. Based solely on the visible image and caption, this appears to be a scene depicting social life, likely from an early 20th-century Life magazine illustration. The image shows an elegant woman in a white gown being presented or introduced at what appears to be a formal gathering or party, with a man in dark formal wear beside her and other figures visible in the background. There's decorative foliage visible at top right. The partial visible caption mentions "only Man who Tangoes" (or similar), suggesting this may satirize tango dancing—a dance craze that scandalized American society in the 1910s for being considered sensual and morally questionable. Without clearer text or more context, I cannot definitively identify specific figures or the precise satirical intent beyond this likely reference to the tango controversy.

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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

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