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# "Pretty Assistance!" - Life Magazine Cover, September 13, 1919 This cover depicts a woman playing cards while holding two cherubs or cupids on her shoulders. The title "Pretty Assistance!" suggests the joke concerns cheating at cards—the cherubs represent "pretty assistance" or supernatural help to win. The illustration satirizes either card-playing scandals of the era or the broader theme of women seeking unfair advantages, possibly through charm or deception. The 1919 date places this during the Jazz Age, when card games were popular social activities and gambling concerns were widespread. The woman's fashionable bobbed hairstyle reflects contemporary 1920s style. The specific context of what scandal or trend this references remains unclear without additional source material.