The Trailing Skirt – Death Loves a Shining Mark; American satirical cartoon taking part in the crusade against the trailing skirt, which was the latest fashion among New York City women in the early 20th century, but believed by its critics to pick up and spread deadly diseases by trailing along the sidewalks, Puck Magazine, c. 1901 | Artist: EHRHART, Samuel D. (1862-1920) | Photo Credit: The Art Archive / Art Resource, NY