Life, 1916-03-02 · page 35 of 44
Life — March 2, 1916 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements and satirical content** rather than political cartoons. The main satire is "A Woman and Her Raiment," a poem by W. W. Quinton mocking wealthy women's extravagant spending. It catalogs absurd expenses—twelve Paris hats at $80 each, hundreds of shoes, $12,000 "little gowns"—totaling roughly $30,000+. The satirical punch: this spending "helps the girl / Who lives on six a week," sarcastically suggesting such ostentatious wealth somehow benefits working-class women earning minimal wages. The poem critiques both female consumerism and the vast economic inequality between wealthy and poor women in early 20th-century America. A secondary item, "Not a Popular Profession," humorously defends dog-catchers as deserving unpopularity—they perform necessary but universally despised work. The page also contains period advertisements for Tiffany & Co. jewelry, White Rose soap, and a manual on cane-fighting technique.
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= A Woman and Her Raiment (With apologies to I. T.) gins a song of dollars, A closet full of clothes ; What they cost my lady, Goodness only knows. All the girls on six a week Look at her and say: “Gee, it’s hell-to be so poor!” Saree TIFFANY & CO, Let us see her Paris hats, Each of them a peach; Twelve are all shé can afford At eighty dollars each. a hundred pairs of shoes; ny gern JEWELRY Let's put down four thousand more, For these and lingerie. PE. ARLS, DIAMONDS Don't forget! her “little gowns,’ AND OTHER PRECIOUS STONES One for every hat; Cost twelve thousand dollars down, Or something more than that. Add some thousands more at least For her jilkent hose, - THe TIFFANY BLUE BOOK GIVES PRICES Nighties and her négligés— How the money goes! Thirty thousand dollars more— Duty must be paid— sed Then my lady’s satisfied FIFTH AVENUE & 37" STREET no rom And properly arrayed. NewYork Of this fine example Just a word I'd speak; Think how much it helps the girl Who lives on six a week! W. W. Quinton. CATT, White Rose = : Glycerine | Not a Popular Profession Charles Elk: dog-catcher and road-foreman of Natrona, has com- plained to the Harrison township Commissioners of the abuse he re- ceives at the hands of Natrona citi- zens because of the performances of " \ his duties as dog-catcher. . id —Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. ROUND THE WORLD TOURS HAT is the way it ought to be. The Cane Any community that loves its dog- catcher would be an unnatural commu- asa Weapon nity. Dog-catchers in this country are | By A.C Cunningham, U. SN. ; , | l poll about as popular as custom-house of- delight to uses cecal Dare ficers, fumedy rich and cre A 1Estag sstisctioa aad Any man who has to earn a liv- ing by sneaking up on innocent, un- Senha samp for ample cate of ds offending, starving dogs and dragging them off to a prison cell and death, ought to be unpopular. He only makes MOLHENS, & KROPFF ; ing ea | Dept. he 25 West 45th St, New York City matters worse by looking for sympa A simple and practical manual for men and women adapted to a cane, umbrella, parasol, or swagger stick. Illustrated, and with a full set of practical exercises for the right, left, and both hands. Price, 50 cents. For sale by The Army and Navy Register P.O. Box 1521 ‘Washington, D.C. thy. comicbooks.com