Life, 1883-03-15 · page 5 of 16
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# "Singular Tastes" Cartoon Analysis The cartoon depicts a social scene where a wealthy man (identified in the caption as "Augustus Wall of Wall St.") has died leaving over $100,000 to cats and dogs rather than people. A woman responds with sharp commentary: "He must have been fond of pets." The satire targets eccentric wealthy individuals who bequeathed fortunes to animals rather than charitable causes or people. This was apparently a known phenomenon among the ultra-rich that Life magazine found ridiculous and worthy of mockery. The accompanying text discusses women's education and co-education, plus legal news about Lord Chief Justice Coleridge visiting New York—seemingly unrelated filler content typical of Life's format as a miscellaneous satirical publication mixing cartoons, social commentary, and news items.
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Gaze gy see Z MUI VE Visti Wy VY fone SINGULAR TASTES. Augustus Wall of Wall St.: OLv JoNES DIED TO-DAY AND HE LEFT OVER $100,000—BUT IT WAS ALL IN CATS AND DOGS. Miss Budd (unversed in stock expressions): DEAR ME! HE MUST HAVE BEEN FOND OF PETS. tion of the annexation of sexes, if we may be allowed the expression, is not far removed from the question of the co-education of sexes, and examinations of young women for degrees are distinctly suggested with- out stamping out the horrible inference of co-examina- tion. Itis explicitly stated that women are to have diplomas, and what is the difference, in principle, be- tween a girl with a diploma from a man’s college and an openly co-educated girl? A diploma isas effectual as a young man on the next bench for rubbing off the bloom of maidenly reserve and substituting a tendency to glasses and goloshes. ‘The mischief began when a knowledge of the alphabet was imparted to woman. The slender rill of learning has become an impetuous torrent which beats down all the barriers of Dr. Dix. Let us make a last and desperate stand upon the three R's, ere it is forever too late. When once women are permitted to know as much as men without incurring a burning public indignation, it will be idle and unavail- ing to inquire how and where they learned it. A CURIOUS MEDICAL FACT.—The man who wears ready-made clothing seldom has fits. Lorp Cnier Justice Coterince, of England, has accepted an invitation to be present at the next annual meeting of the New York State Bar Association to be held “‘at the Capitol, the City of Albany, on the third Tuesday, being the nineteenth day of September next ;” and he has graciously accepted the invitation, conditional upon some disease from which he suffers permitting him to come. The invitation has ap- parently been sent for the purpose of making “a new era in legal annals” (something needed in this country); but nothing is said as to the manner in which Lord Coleridge is to be received when he appears on deck after his voyage, in his flowing wig, scarlet robe, ermine cape and gold chain. The letter of invitation is signed by seven “leading lawyers,” and begins, “ My Lord.” Should they not have written “Our Lord ?” or will they drill themselves like the female chorus in acomic opera and advance in serried file exclaiming in unison, “Good morrow, my Lord?” Any one can write a letter without embarrassment, but it takes courage to meet aman in a scarlet gown and a wig who has been imported for the purpose of making his mark on a new era in legal annals, Comicbooks.com