Life, 1922-02-16 · page 25 of 34
Life — February 16, 1922 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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**Main Content:** The page features an article about the Society for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis planning a fundraising event at the Hotel Biltmore on February 20th, where society women will volunteer as staff. **Top Illustration:** A caricatured old woman (likely personifying tuberculosis or disease) is shown being "knocked out" by younger figures, illustrating the article's metaphor about combating the disease through medical knowledge and private benevolence. **"Can Y' 'Magine It?" Poem & Illustration:** A satirical piece about "Tilly," an unfashionable dowdy woman who selflessly spends her money on others rather than herself, forgetting her own appearance. The joke critiques women who neglect self-care for generosity. **Bottom Comic Strip:** "Why Mothers Never Complain of the Monotony of Existence" shows six panels depicting mothers managing chaotic domestic situations—children causing destruction, mess, and mayhem. The satire suggests motherhood's constant activity and unpredictability actually prevents boredom, contradicting the era's notion that domestic life was monotonous.
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Knocking Out Tuberculosis HE Society for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis in the City of New York purposes an assault on the public purse on February 2oth. The assault will be all along the line, but its headquarters will be the Hotel Biltmore, which is to be run on that day by the women of the Society. Happily, they will not do the cooking, nor the work of the chambermaids and _ bell boys. ut they will supplant the waiters in the dining-rooms, sell the cigars and the {! wers, impart information at the infor:iation desk, and register or check out the guests, besides giving entertain- ment. at all hours, and taking tips when ver offered. Evidently the Hotel Biltmore is in for a bully time. An! the cause is one of the best. Effor:, knowledge, devotion and_ skill have pretty well got the old plague, consiiuption, under. It used to kill. . - Nowail it is caught and cured in Z y yy , i mth Y many cases, prevented in many more, 4 g | gs? {| \ Hl hindered or helped in others. It is not ant a wy the spectre it used to be. Medical TREN POON, “CARS knowledge and private benevolence have gone far to lay it. Can Y’ ’Magine It? A dowdy old woman was Tilly, Who never wore “point” or “chantilly,” Iv. a small town indeed that hasn't But spent all her “mon On others for fun had « novel written about it. And forgot about Tilly—how silly! Why Mothers Never Complain of the Monotony of Existence comicbooks.com