The diversions of high society / Albert Levering.

Illustration shows a high society auction being conducted in a circus-like atmosphere where spouses are unloading their unwanted partners for various reason to the highest bidder; on the left, a lecherous old man, wearing top hat and tails, is peering at a young woman and her daughter, she wears a leash which is held by her smug, well-dressed owner; on the right, in a small crowd, a man appears to be offering a bid. Other commodities are available for inspection in little stalls in the background.

Caption: The matrimonial mart.
Illus. in: Puck, v. 56, no. 1453 (1905 January 4), centerfold.
Copyright 1905 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.