Life, 1883-08-09 · page 5 of 16
Life — August 9, 1883 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 63 The top cartoon depicts a seaside quarrel between a well-dressed couple. The woman accuses the man of being "hateful, stupid, jealous" while he responds that "no human being could get on peaceably with you." She sarcastically suggests they should try to get along; he agrees it's a "happy suggestion," but she has the final word: this will be the last kindness he'll receive from her. The illustration shows children playing in the background, indifferent to the adult drama. Below is a separate humorous poem titled "Fruits, Seasonable and Seasonable" mocking various ailments and remedies, likely social commentary on contemporary medical quackery or human folly. The satirical verse employs wordplay about apples, papa cometh, and other produce as metaphorical or literal treatments.
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She: He: She: He: She: FROM ME! YOU ARE SIMPLY A HATEFUL, STUPID, JEALOUS BRUTE ! AND NO HUMAN BEING COULD GET ON PEACEABLY WITH You ! THEN WHY DO YOU TRY IT? ‘THAT ‘Ss A HAPPY SUGGESTION ! Ir Is LUCKY YOU THINK SO, FOR IT IS THE LAST ONE OF ANY KIND YOU WILL EVER RECEIVE And ts this the end of the engagement? Oh! no, for here we see them a few hours later apparently “ friends” again. They ‘ll eschew unripened dummies, FRUITS, SEASONABLE AND UNSEASONABLE. “* World’s cruelty is bitter pain, Telephone call, But pain is not the fruit of pain.” For Doctor Screw, crew, —Browninc. Doctor cometh P. D.Q. APPLE green, : =... Boy same, Brisk confrication, Eating seen, Urchin hollers, Walketh lame. Hot application, Fee, three dollars. Curleth lower, ENver® Pain immense, - 3 On the floor, For the children, Heaven sent thee, Prostrate, tense. Fruits a kind of new Nepenthe. ——— If you cater to their “tummies.” ‘Tue Anty-card party point to the Papa cometh, Buy them ripe fruit as you “ orter.” sad lack of Treasury funds in Ten- Caneth boy, “Peaches, all ripe, three quarts for nessee as a pitiful example of the Mamma runneth a quarter,” effects of Polk—er. For a toy. D. W. #H. comicbooks.com