Life, 1921-05-12 · page 15 of 36
Life — May 12, 1921 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains poetry and an advertisement, not political cartoons. The illustration shows a domestic scene titled "In Greenwich Village" depicting two people dining while a server stands nearby. The caption presents a humorous exchange about an inexpensive dinner. The accompanying poem "Eheu Fugaces" by F.M.G. nostalgically contrasts youth at "five-and-twenty" with current age, using the Latin phrase meaning "alas, fleeting [years]." The main content is an advertisement for "Spattism"—a mail-order home economics course promising to eliminate household bills and domestic worry. It targets American housewives, offering twelve lessons for $10.00 from the Spratt Institute in Chicago. This reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and marketing aimed at women's domestic management.
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IN GREENWICH VILLAGE She: le? They Missed Their Chance To C.S. (What might have happened if Mr. and YVHEN 1 was five-and-twenty Mrs, Jack Spratt had lived to-day.) \nd you were seventeen —=——— Is gave luck a-plenty! Advertisement YES—LET'S HAVE ANOTHER. Eheu Fugaces through your sweet-and-twenty ted the far nic leigho! te— How we took the H. C. out of L. SPRATTISM (The New Home Table HEN we set were poor. the days we've seen! lays of five-and-twenty, Economics.) sweet of seventeen, teuanin up housekeeping we Fugit repente The span of five-and-twenty ; T stina lente! Cherish what joy has been!” To keep us both supplied with good, wholesome, nourishing food was a never- ending source of worry. Tradesmen be- Ss sieged us with their bills, serted us. Servants de- For five years we struggled on, barely able to make both ends meet. One night Mrs. Spratt leaned across the table and said: “John, I have i That evening, by the light of the old family reading lamp (see illustration), the bravest and most wonderful little woman is twice five-and-twenty, Vanished your seventeen, Yet memories a-plenty Stay with such cognoscenti and I—how spent we pallid years between, A health to the years of twenty! To the sweet of seventeen! P.M. G. DON’T YOU THINK THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD DINNEK FOR EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS? in all the world disclosed to me her secret Sprattism—the most wonderful discd%er of the age. Always a convincing talker, she had me sold in less than fifteen min- utes. “TM try it,” 1 cried. That was thirty-seven years ago. To- Health, happiness, freedom from domestic care and anxiety day we are a changed couple. are ours. Tradesmen no bills. = The We do not even keep a dishwashing machine! longer harry us with their servant problem is unknown, Hundreds of thousands of Americans can do likewise. You, Mr. Husband, and you, Mrs. American House- American wife—here is your opportunity. Write for booklet to-day. LEARN SPRATTISM BY MAIL Cemplete in twelve (12) (Positively no extras) lessons—$10.00 The Spratt Institute of Home Econ¢ Inc. Room toot, Come-on Bi Chicago, Ill, U. S. A. comicbooks.com