The Ladies' World Magazine, July 1900

The Ladies' World Magazine, July 1900

"Out of Doors" article, page 10-The Ladies' World

The most interesting item in my issue of The Ladies’ World Magazine was definitely the “Out Of Doors”(p.10) section. There are five images on this page, but contrary to most of the other images in the magazine, and all of the images in the Harper’s Weekly Issue I looked over, these were photographed images. The concept was still new, especially in mass print. How The Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis was published in 1890 when photography was essentially brand new. Just a decade after, these images from Boston, Massachusetts were in a NY magazine for everyone to see. “Out of Doors” was conducted by a woman named Mary Sargent Hopkins, and is full of suggestions for reasonably cheap vacations on the seashore.
The five images are full of different destinations to experience during a ten-day vacation at the shore. This obviously supports my comment earlier that this magazine is targeted toward the upper class. The entire page is filled with a letter from a woman named Elise, who is writing to her cousin May, to tell her about how unbelievable her trip to the shore was. Elise talks about how affordable the trip was, saying all expenses total, cost less than a dollar a day per person. She speaks about the shopping that was done, and how she bought different clothes and bathing suits. Most of the letter consisted of Elise’s description of the places she went to on her trip. Some of the places that stood out enough to get photographed were The Grave of Miles Standish, a military officer that sailed to America on The Mayflower, The Standish House, and The Miles Standish Monument. The article was very interesting, and I enjoyed learning about Miles Standish.

Mary Sargent Hopkins-S.H.Moore & Co., New York

July, 1900

Jason Crane