Life, 1915-04-01 · page 60 of 72
Life — April 1, 1915 — page 60: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Left Side - Advertisement/Editorial:** This promotes Josephine Daskam Bacon's novel "Open Market" (debuting in Collier's April 10th issue). The hook asks: what if a wealthy, sheltered society girl suddenly lost everything? The pitch frames this as her most "romantic" work—implying both literary merit and appeal to readers fascinated by upper-class downfall narratives. **Right Side - Cartoon:** The sketch depicts a working-class couple (identifiable by dialect and appearance). The man, apparently unshaven and rough, dismisses the woman's vanity about her looks with crude reassurance: essentially "don't worry about being pretty, people won't judge you anyway." **The Satire:** This juxtaposes starkly with the novel's premise. Where "Open Market" romanticizes genteel poverty for society girls, the cartoon mocks ordinary people's concerns about appearance—suggesting different class standards. The crude humor underscores that romance and dignity attach only to *cultivated* fallen women, not working-class ones.
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