Life, 1927-07-14 · page 10 of 40
Life — July 14, 1927 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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**Stereoscopic Images ("Jolly Cyclists")**: The paired illustrations are stereoscopic cards—a popular Victorian/early 20th-century viewing format requiring a special viewer to create 3D effects. The image shows two identical scenes of a man and woman riding bicycles together, meant to appear three-dimensional when viewed properly. **Social Context**: The bicycle was a revolutionary technology enabling women's independence and mobility. The "jolly cyclists" represent modern romance and courtship freed from Victorian parlor constraints. **"A Few Reasons Why I Love Her"**: This humorous essay by Charles G. Shaw celebrates a woman who defies social expectations—she doesn't wear restrictive clothing, doesn't gossip about politics, doesn't criticize, and maintains independence. The satire critiques both excessive female stereotypes and celebrates emerging women's liberation in the early 20th century.
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T= = STEREOSCOPIC GEMS = EN "JOLLY CYCLISTS” C10“9ONNGA 40 LNAWASAWY, ONV NOILVIISIda SHL 404 A Few Reasons Why I Love Her Because she never attempts to talk tantrums upon discovering a long blonde hair dangling from my coat I ECAUSE, after being three- quarters of an hour late for an _ polities. appointment, she doesn't ask in a Because she fails to go into © sleeve. voice full of surprise, “Oh, have you been waiting long B se she doesn’t wear stockings rolled below her knees. Because she has never swum the English Channel Because she doesn't comment upon the fact that she knows so many people who before Pro- hibition never touched a drop of liquor but who now never draw a sober breath. Because she is not a chair- man of any committees. Because she doesn’t invari- lose some portion of her be- ings every time I take her out to dine, Because she thinks all the jokes I tell her are sercamingly funny. Because she doesn’t tell me that I remind her of some one. Because, in the middle of a conversation dealing with the Russian drama, she doesn't re- call the fact that I need a hair- cut. Because she never calls up on the telephone and, in disguised tones, says, “Guess who this is.” “1 SAW YOU IN YOUR NEW RAINCOAT DAY. WHAT DID IT SET you BACK? “TWELVE DOLLARS.” vOU GOT A BARGAIN, DIDN’T you?” “No—1 GoT soaKeD!”" Because she doesn’t criticize my clothes. Because her favorite month is June. Because her telephone con- versations do not last for hours at a stretch. Because she hasn't her pic- ture in the rotogravure sections every other Sunday Because she doesn’t “humor” me. (To be continued.) Charles G. Shaw. Hard to Manage AUNT: Aren't you ever 2N afraid you'll lose control of your car? Danepevit Nerurw: Con- stantly—I'm two installments behind already. The Still Small Voice \ HAT’S all the excite- ment about?” “They're getting the Pro- hibition Debate on the radio down at the speak-easy.” comicbooks.com