Life, 1917-03-01 · page 36 of 42
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This section mocks a young woman's excessive vanity about hats and clothing. The "damsel" demands an elaborate, fashionable hat with ostrich plumes, ermine trim, embroidered veils—all so she can display it at church and scandalize "the folk" with her extravagance, while judging less fashionable women (like the "patriotic Perkins") as old-fashioned. The satire targets Edwardian-era female consumerism and competitive social display, particularly the contradiction of wanting to appear virtuous ("proud and glad") while deliberately flaunting wealth and fashion to make others feel inferior. The joke is her frank admission of vanity: "I'm so jolly bad." The piece is attributed to *London Opinion*, suggesting this was a common British/American satirical complaint about women's fashion obsession in the early 20th century.
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