Life, 1917-06-07 · page 39 of 42
Life — June 7, 1917 — page 39: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a serialized romance story and a Kodak advertisement. The story depicts a newlywed couple where the wife manipulates her husband by personifying their "honeymoon" as a sentient being she can negotiate with. She convinces Robert that their honeymoon should end early so she can attend to meetings and correspondence—revealing through dialogue that *she*, not he, lacks time for romance. The satire targets early 20th-century women's expanding social obligations and the tension between modern activism/engagement and traditional domestic roles. The personification device allows the story to comment ironically on how quickly post-marriage enthusiasm evaporates when real-world demands intrude. The accompanying Kodak advertisement uses similar logic: just as one wears a watch despite owning many clocks, one should carry a Vest Pocket Kodak alongside larger cameras for life's unexpected moments—a practical pitch for a portable, affordable camera.
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her her fect ines up ore, And ugh cone rful, | am with nust It is joms ered stay ions, your have ould k of yt” con- Li — ba i “RPAI PAY. R UNIVERSAL. © SCHRADE. say. It doesn’t matter, does it? We can still go on loving each other. But, naturally, there are so many things I simply must do. These meetings and all this correspondence. Only, Robert, don’t let me influence you. Would you, of your own free will, ask our honey- moon to stay longer if you could? You wouldn't, would you?” Robert gazed at her blindly. He was still very much in love. He was ready to do anything. “ Certainly not,” he said rapturously os 8 © #& 8 They met an hour later in the shad- ow of the garden. “You were right,” she said to the honeymoon. “ He loved you, of course, but—” The gentle presence smiled. “My child,” she replied. “ Times have changed. I overheard you. It is you, not he, who cannot spare the time to entertain me longer. Farewell!” sult beside yourself. I am his guest as well as yours.” “True, but if he wishes you also to stay—then you cannot refuse. Will you agree to this? That, if we both ask you—” “Yes.” The vision vanished. The shadows deepened in the garden. He would be coming home soon. She thought for long. Then she went back to her desk. By and by he came in, in his won- derfully tender way, and tiptoed up and held his hands over her eyes. And he kissed her... She said: “Robert, our honeymoon is over.” “But that—” he said. “IT know what you were going to vib YOU EVEK LONG FOR THIS AFTER YOUR DAD CAUGHT YOU PLAYING HOOKEY? ~ Your other camera. A Vest Pocket Kodak Although you have a grand-father’s clock in the hall, a Dresden clock on the drawing-room mantel, an alarm clock in your bed-room, a chronometer in your motor car and an eight day clock on your office desk, you always wear a watch. Similarly you may have and carry other cam- eras—you wear a Vest Pocket Kodak. It’s the accurate, reliable, unobtrusive little Kodak that you can have always with you for the unexpected that is sure to happen. Contact V. P. K. prints are 15£ x 214 inches; enlarged prints of post card size (314 x 5% in.) are but fifteen cents. The Vest Pocket Kodaks are $6.00. The V. P. K. Specials with Anastigmat lenses are $10.00, $20.00 and $22.50. At your dealer’s. EASTMAN KODAK CO., Rocuester, N. Y., The Kodak City. comicbooks.com