Life, 1922-02-09 · page 9 of 34
Life — February 9, 1922 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page features a portrait and poetic tribute to actress **Estelle Winwood** in her role as "Elizabeth" from the play *The Circle*. The sketch is signed (possibly by the artist), and George S. Chappell provides accompanying verse. Chappell's poem satirizes Elizabeth's character as aristocratically snobbish and socially superior—contrasting unfavorably with her Dorset acquaintances, whose "standards rigid as a corset." The humor centers on her pretentiousness and affected superiority. The final couplet references Euclid, suggesting her character's dramatic arc follows geometric precision, beginning and ending in the same place. This is a theatrical commentary rather than political satire—typical of *Life*'s entertainment coverage.
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Estelle Winwood In “The Circle™ LIZABETH, if I may tell But you! by Jove, when you burst forth The truth, I'm far from well acquainted With your great third-act declaration, With English lords and ladies swell, You seemed to blow off all the froth Aristocratically tainted. From your amazing situation. The simple sort of folk I know Your circle may be bad, it’s true, Are most unlike your friends in Dorset; And nothing I can say will mend it, Their talk is plain, their wits are slow, But what care I as long as you Their standards rigid as a corset. (See Euclid) both begin and end it? George $. Chappell comicbooks.com