Life, 1915-04-22 · page 30 of 44
Life — April 22, 1915 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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**Top cartoon "The Way of the World"**: Shows figures being crushed under a large wheel—likely representing fate or social forces. This illustrates the satirical article below about government fashion control. **"Fragment From a Future History"**: Satirizes both government overreach and gender politics. The piece imagines a future where the government regulates clothing prices and styles through a commission. The satirical punch: wives need *husband permission* to buy clothes or face federal prison—mocking both bureaucratic control and marital authority. The price restrictions ($50 for suits, $25 for gowns) ridicule wage-and-price controls. **"Schools and Democracy"**: Argues that education type doesn't determine democratic values—character does. References American belief in equality and critique of both aristocratic snobbery and assuming public schools automatically create democrats. **Bottom section**: References Krupp (German munitions manufacturer) and WWI destruction of Belgium, criticizing German militarism and "Kultur" (civilization). The final illustration "Woman's Work Is Never Done" shows domestic drudgery, complementing the fashion-control satire above.
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LT RE Fragment From a Future History of the Millennium OVERNMENT control of the fashions having become the order of the day, an Interstate Fashion Commis- sion was created, with one member from each of the greatest divisions of society; namely, one bachelor, one suffragette, one married man. The following maximum rates were handed down by the commission : Tailor-made suits . . sees $50.00 Evening gowns ... : : + 25.00 All fancy hats : wees + 15.00 Plain hats .... 3 : + §.00 All furs costing over fifty dollars were prohibited. Any wife ordering a garment, or any article of wear of any description, without the previous consent of her husband was to be sent to the Federal penitentiary. All fashions lasted for one year, changing on the first day of May. Styles were fixed by a sub-committee of ladies, appointed by the commission with the consent “THE WAY OF THE WORLD” of the Senate. 'RIENDSHIP is a more delicate flower than love. One breath of treachery withers it, while love departs only when death takes its place. Schools and Democracy No man educated in an American public school, no man whose father was educated in an American public school, escapes an impregnation of that American irrev- erence for birth or position whose corollary is a belief in the essential equality of the race—The Tribune. Bpucsus in the public schools hasn't much to do with it. You get more or less of the same sentiment from products of the most exclusive boarding-schools, patronized by our aristocracy. Some pupils take the mold of the schools they go to. Others react on them. Some of the greatest snobs were boys sent to democratic schools to make sure of their being democratic. They didn’t like it and reacted, Some of the most intense democrats were boys sent to aristocratic schools in which they saw just how much advantages of birth amount to and learned democracy. You may lead a boy to water, but whether he drinks or not depends on something in the boy. HIS is the chaos primeval. The murderous Krupps and the siege-guns, Loaded with death, and yet trained alike on hut and cathedral, Stand like furies of old, with voices roaring and shrieking ; Stand like inquisitors cruel that revelled in groans of their victims. . Loud from its recking classrooms, the deep-voiced Teutonic Kultur Speaks, and in accents remorseless answers the wail of the . Belgians! “WOMAN'S WORK IS NEVER DONE” anwbaeeolt, comicbooks.com