Life — March 16, 1922 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 6 This page contains a satirical joke about Shaw's theater and a romantic poem. The cartoon caption references a new play by George Bernard Shaw where "a girl comes out of an egg with nothing on"—the male character notes she might have "a little yoke on," a pun on "yolk." This jokes about both Shaw's avant-garde theatrical provocations and the woman's minimal clothing. Below, the poem "On Monday" by Anna Camden Hall depicts contrasting behavior: a woman is prim and proper on Sunday ("meek," "silk attire"), but Monday she becomes bold and flirtatious ("humble print and calico," "hand in mine she slips"). The satire mocks Victorian hypocrisy about propriety and courtship rituals.