Life, 1916-10-26 · page 42 of 46
Life — October 26, 1916 — page 42: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a scathing anti-suffrage cartoon disguised as social commentary. The central text "See the Suffragette" mocks women's suffrage activists by portraying a wealthy, fashionably-dressed suffragette leader as frivolous and uninformed. The satire's logic is deliberately circular and insulting: the woman wants voting rights merely because she wants everything; she knows nothing about public affairs; yet she'll supposedly never use her vote anyway because she's too busy shopping and socializing. The piece ridicules suffragettes as wealthy dilettantes whose husbands fund their activism—a common anti-suffrage argument of the era. The cartoon dismisses women's political engagement as a whimsical luxury item, no more serious than the shoe and diamond advertisements surrounding it. This juxtaposition reinforces the message that women's political participation is frivolous consumption rather than legitimate civic participation.
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LIFE Correct for Milady’s Footwear— Shoes to match the Sy ae ae a el with the darker shades pre- dominating. Yeriogs glee, Vamos of "FB. & C." Kid wah of “FB, Wastaive kid No. 81 Whole shoes of F. B. & C."" White Washable Kid “” No. 817 are always smart, Fer day or evening we: woran od haves FB C2" Bronze Kid Shoes, The “F, B. & C.” Tag isa symbol of style and merit. Look for it attached 10 buy and get "The Best There be ¥ Jer has not shoes wich the “LB. &C.” tags attached, wine us, Fashion Publicity Co. of New York See the Suffragette SFE and behold the Suffragette. Yes. And what an elaborately ca- parisoned Suffragette it is. Are they all that way? By no means. She is merely one of the leaders who has plenty of time be- cause her husband has plenty of money. They sit in the seats of the mighty and spend their own time and their hus- bands’ money in a quixotic attempt to weaken the tyrannical power of the said husbands. Why does the elaborately caparisoned Suffragette want the vote? Because she has been accustomed to having everything that she wants and it suited her fancy to add this to her sheaf of desires. Does she know anything about public affairs? Nothing whatever. To know any- es Medic. the rom ocai He ipl India, Lay lim ae] @@ astaee Pee tt ( ® hose 66 Vofiadis (Vah-7 ew have dis) le abroad“may now obtain them in the Uniled Fora =~ because to Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company. wu} who import them.we have also right to manufacture them Fem: our Caire, ) formula. Teodoro Vofic radis & Co. ‘CALCUTTA; BOMBAY: LONDON‘ BANCO CARO esti pric bey Set Eden menace Tae cae PETER J, CAREY, PRINTER BUY DIAMONDS DIRECT FROM JASON WEILER & SON, Boston, Mass. one of America’s leading diamond importers For over 40 years the house of Jason Weiler & Son of Boston has been one of the leading diamond importing concerns in America selling to jewelers. However, a large business is done direct by mail with customers at importing prices! Here are several diamond offers— direct to you by mail—which clearly demonstrate our sition to name prices on diamonds that should eurely interest any present or prospective diamond purchaser: el pod setting: cee Ladies’ Diamond eee rere gos Ring, $205.00 ‘This ring Is made of all ptati. Our price direct to you Bs tichly carved and plereed =. pi A few weights and trices of ether diamond vings:— Kecarat . . % carat, $68.00 This cant genuine dhamond of great brillancy and perfectly Gut Idk. solid” gold ‘setting. Honey relunded if your Jeweler ean duplicate it for less, than $55 Ose price. P We refer you as to our reliability to any bank or newspaper in Boston If desired rings will be sent to your Bank or any Exprees Co.. with priv. Mege of examination. Our dlainond guar- ante for full value for ail time goes with, every purchase, WRITE TODAY FOR THIS 2 VALUABLE CATALOG ON HOW TO BUY DIAMONDS !This book Is beautitulty ustrat. 4." Tells bow to fudge, select tod buy diameads. ‘Tels bow and i Money refunded if these ose Jess Dhan oe third ff Jason Weiler ¢ & Son 371 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. [fj Diamond Importers since 1876 Forci¢n Agencies: Amsterdam and Paris thing about public affairs requires study and intelligence; to want to vote requires neither. But the elaborately caparisoned Suf- fragette intends to use the vote if she gets it, does she not? Notatall. She will not have the time. She is unable to use more than a small per cent of the things she already has. Too Much UDGE: Tell me frankly why you M can’t get along with your wife. “She's the kind of a woman, your honor, who always has a_ postage stamp, is never late for engagements, is up before I am in the morning and never exceeds her allowance.” (The judge wept from sympathy.) comicbooks.com