Life, 1884-05-29 · page 3 of 16
Life — May 29, 1884 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 297 The main cartoon, "Bitter Sweet," depicts a social scene where Miss Montague Tayleure introduces Mr. Naisley to companions, noting he's "awfully handsome" but "very amusing and eccentric—never thinks as any one else does." The satire appears to target unconventional social behavior—Naisley is presented as someone whose eccentricity makes him simultaneously desirable and questionable in polite society. The cartoon mocks how the upper classes simultaneously value and dismiss individuality. The page also contains "Two Partings," a sentimental poem by Edward B. Clark about romantic separation, and "The Late 'Flurry,'" a humorous anecdote about why ex-President Jno. C. Eno avoided public scrutiny—apparently related to financial impropriety ("framed in g(u)ilt").
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BITTER SWEET. Miss Montague Tayleure (to Miss Capulet Smythe) : THERE, WHO THINKS YOU ARE SO AWFULLY HANDSOME. I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO You Mr. NAILSLEY, BACK You KNow OF HIM, DON’T you? HE Is VERY AMUS- ING AND ECCENTRIC—NEVER THINKS AS ANY ONE ELSE DOES. TWO PARTINGS. $6 -XIVE me a kiss, that going home My footsteps fall on air; Give me the red-tipped mountain rose That nestles in your hair.” _Her cheek upturned took the flower’s hue At the touch of her lover’s lips ; The rose unbound, as it swept her face, Caught the blush on its petals’ tips. “ Give me a kiss, I am going home ; The links in my life’s chain break. A kiss and a flower, my love, from you Will the pain from my parting take.” Her lover bent low, as an angel light Came into her closing eyes. A kiss—the rose at her cheek he placed, But its petals, alas, were white. Epwarp B. CLARK. A question for Mr. Matthew Arnold.—Is Kant any- thing like Dont ? THE LATE “ FLURRY.” 6© PEAKING of the panic,” remarked the man with the white hat, on the Fifth Avenue Hotel porch, “why is ex-President Jno. C. Eno of the Sec- ond National Bank like a looking-glass ?” “Because the directors didn’t see through him?” suggested the Senator from the West. “Because his duties were “ight, so to speak,” re- marked the man in blue flannel. “Because he’s now got time for reflection,” confi- dently answered the broker. “ Because he’s framed in g(u)ilt ?” “Easily broken, eh?” But the man with the white hat only shook his head. “We give it up!” said the Senator. “ Because—” remarked the propounder with delib- eration, “because he had quick-silver to back him.” No further assignments reported. A BaD habit for a man to get into.—A riding-habit MEN who hate long sentences,—Criminals, comicbooks.com