Editorial cartoon consisting of two scenes. In the first scene, a Victorian woman is recoils from a "Ouida" book presented to her by a man. In the second scene, a woman in 1920s attire shows a sweating man a book titled "Sex Problem". "Ouida" was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé, who was known for her literary salon and the scandalous books she published toward the beginning of her career.
Published in the Cosmopolitan Magazine on December 20, 1917.
"DEC 20 1917"--stamped on verso.
"Property of Cosmopolitan Magazine" stamp on verso with the No. section handwritten as "1547" and the date line handwritten as "12/20/17".
"30375"--Handwritten on verso.
"Ade Fables Mar issue"--Handwritten on verso and underlined.
Pencil and ink on board.
Original in University of Missouri Special Collections, John Tinney McCutcheon Collection.
Digitized on March 2018. Equipment: Indus Color Book Scanner. Scanning software: bcs-2 version 3.4.9. Image specifications: 400 dpi, color. Access copies: tiffs with LZW compression, rotated and cropped.
Title supplied by cataloger.
