Life, 1916-06-15 · page 20 of 48
Life — June 15, 1916 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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**Top cartoon ("Logic"):** A priest lectures a couple about marriage, claiming the Church shouldn't interfere in divorce. The satire mocks the Church's hypocrisy: it demands authority to *perform* marriages but refuses responsibility for their failures—"that's their lookout, not mine." **Main article ("Two of a Feather Meet"):** Dr. Anna Shaw (suffragist leader) and Mrs. Arthur Dodge (anti-suffrage leader) had a pleasant lunch despite opposing the women's vote. The piece wryly observes they're more alike than different—both are politically active women with strong opinions. The real divide, it suggests, is between *active* women (pro- or anti-suffrage) versus *politically inactive* women who simply want peace. **Bottom section ("Our Pessimist Speaks"):** Two photographs contrast a man's idealized marriage proposal with grim reality, illustrating romantic disappointment. The caption "Virtue is its only reward" suggests cynicism about marriage prospects. The page satirizes institutional hypocrisy, women's political divisions, and marital disillusionment.
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Love: wiy pip you MARRY THEM? THEY CAD The Church: tu at's THEIR LOOKOUT, NOT MIN Love: THEN WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU TO BUTT IN IF IN THE FUTURE THEY WANT A DIVORCE? ISN'T THAT ALSO THEIR LOOKOUT AND NOT YOURS? Two of a Feather Meet HEN the clubwomen of the Feder- ated Women’s Clubs came to New York and Mrs. Hammond had a lunch- party for some of them, it befell (the paper says) that Dr. Anna Shaw and Mrs. Arthur Dodge sat side by side, and conversed cheerfully through the repast. Dr. Shaw did not know her seat mate was the leader of the antis, but afterwards, when she found it out, she said: Well, I liked her very much; we had a nice talk. Well, the more I see of the world the more I find out that folks are—just folks. To be sure; folks are folks; and probably no woman is more like an active suffragist than an active anti. Mrs. Dodge is a politician. So is Dr. Shaw. They are on opposite sides and hold opinions that conflict and preju- dices that contrast. As politicians they “differ, but as women they are not necessarily very unlike. The women who are in contrast with the active suffragists are not the active anti- suffragists, but the politically inactive women, who do not want to vote, nor VER LIVE HAPPILY TOGETHER, to be organized, nor stirred up at all, but just to pursue the paths of peace and attend to what business is in hand. Our Pessimist Speaks VIRTUE is its only reward. MAN PROPOSES AS ME PICTURED IT 1N HIS IMAGINATION AS IT REALLY MAPPENED comicbooks.com