Life, 1923-02-08 · page 7 of 36
Life — February 8, 1923 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains a poem celebrating love (titled "Making It Unanimous") and a single-panel cartoon below it. The cartoon depicts a domestic scene where a daughter stands before her mother (who is reclining on a bed), presumably making a request. The daughter's caption reads: "Mother, I wish you'd persuade Father. I need some new clothes. You've had more practice than I have." The satire targets gender dynamics and marital negotiation. The joke assumes that mothers are experienced manipulators of fathers regarding household finances and shopping—that persuading fathers for money is a practiced feminine skill passed between generations. It reflects early-20th-century attitudes about women's economic dependence on men and the stereotype of women as shrewd domestic negotiators.
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OVE'’S a star in heaven set, 4Love’s an April shower. love's a dainty chansonette, Love’s a fragrant flower. Love's a rosy-tinted dawn; Love's a nimble-footed fawn, pping lightly o’er the lawn Co her woodland bower. LIFE Making It Unanimous Love's a priceless diadem, Richest of life’s treasures. Love’s—excuse my French—the creme De la créme of pleasures. Love’s a taste of Eden's fruit; Love's a harp and love's a lute; Love's a silver-noted flute Piping joyous measures! Love's a sunset’s brilliant glow, Love's a choir sonorous. Love's a—well, if you must know, Look up your thesaurus ! Thus throughout the ages long Bards have strummed the same old song. Well, they can’t be very wrong, So I'll join the chorus ! M.L. Daughter: Mother, I wish you'd persuade Father I need some new clothes. You've had more practice than I have. comicbooks.com