Life, 1884-02-07 · page 7 of 16
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 77 **The Cartoon:** The illustration shows two well-dressed men in an ornate theater box, engaged in conversation. The caption poses a rhetorical question about whether people who object to Sunday opening of art museums practice their principles at home. **The Satire:** This targets religious hypocrisy—specifically, those who publicly oppose Sunday museum hours on religious grounds while privately conducting worldly activities (suggested by the theater setting itself, ironically). The joke is that objectors likely don't maintain strict Sabbath observance in their private lives, making their public moral stance inconsistent. **The Sidebar Content:** Below appears an obituary-style notice and literary commentary, though these seem unrelated to the main cartoon's satirical point about Sunday blue laws and museum access—a significant cultural debate of the era.
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DO THOSE SAINTLY SPIRITS WHO OBJECT TO OPENING THE PRINCIPLES IN THE PRIVACY OF ART MUSEUMS ON SUNDAY CARRY OUT THEIR THEIR OWN HOMES? PHILIP, Last Herr oF THE House oF DELPuHiA, Departed July 4, 18—, In Massachusetts. He was proposed to by One of 70,000 Superfluous Women, Succumbed to the Shock, and DIED Two Weeks After. QO | ANDO! cried a pensive maid, * To-day I am twenty-one ; Affairs are looking gloomy now, Something will have to be done ! I think I almost could marry A man of some lower rank— A millionaire, or a viscount, Or the owner of a bank ! A YouNG tyro in literature writes to ask if a Poets’ O, Reader, corner tends to raise the price of poetry. Decidedly Go not to Massachusetts, NO. Lest ye too INcoMPATIBILITY is often alleged as the cause of Do Likewise ! | | marital infelicity. In such cases incompatibility gen- * * * erally means no ability as regards income. comicbooks.com