Life, 1919-06-26 · page 37 of 43
Life — June 26, 1919 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct elements: **"To Err Is Woman" Story:** A satirical marital anecdote about a husband who discovers his best friend leaving with his wife. Rather than fight, the husband reasons that since his wife would have "gone off with someone anyway," it's better she stayed with his best friend than a stranger. The story mocks both masculine insecurity and the era's assumptions about female infidelity as inevitable. **DuPont Advertisement:** The dominant content is a full-page ad for DuPont smokeless shotgun powders, promoting "trapshooting" as a reconstructive post-war sport for businessmen. It emphasizes mental discipline and vitality—typical 1920s-era messaging about shooting sports as character-building. The juxtaposition is jarring by modern standards: a crude sexual joke beside aspirational advertising about manly self-improvement, reflecting the era's contradictory attitudes toward masculinity and domesticity.
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