'Which would you be? An old man's darling or a young man's slave': contrasting cartoons - one shows a woman dressed in expensive clothing (including furs) being shown items by a jeweller, whilst her elderly husband or lover is standing next to her (her response to the price tag of £1000 is 'Oh how cheap'). The other panel shows a woman in an apron doing the laundry, she is holding a very smelly sock with one hand & her nose with the other, the cat has keeled over because of the stink (& is commenting that "I can't stand it it's too bad"). A washing line with a shirt & more socks is behind her

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