The decay of home-life among the “smart set”
Subject(s): Divorce, Leisure, Rich people, Rich people--Social life and customs
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This vignette cartoon portrays the aspirations for social life among the well-to-do. At center, “The Will-o’-the-Wisp of Social Aspirations” shows a crowd of rich people chasing after “Social Ambition,” a wraith-like female figure floating just beyond the edge of a cliff who entices them to follow her. Among the vignettes are women promenading while “Displaying Gowns at the Summer Resort” and “Kow-towing to Royalty,” “Coaching in the Highlands” and spending “All Day on the Golf-Links,” “Cruising in the Mediterranean” and “Being ‘Sporty’ at Monte Carlo.” This sort of rake’s progress “among the ‘Smart Set'” ends with a final vignette labeled “What It Leads To” that shows a long line of well-dressed men and women leading to the judge’s bench where he hands out documents labeled “Divorce.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1899-08-09
Creator(s)
Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937
Period
Governor of New York (October 1898-1900)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
The decay of home-life among the “smart set”. [August 9, 1899]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288984. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937. The decay of home-life among the “smart set”. [9 Aug. 1899]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288984.
APA:
Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937., [1899, August 9]. The decay of home-life among the “smart set”.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288984.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. August 3, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
