Life, 1884-12-11 · page 7 of 28
Life — December 11, 1884 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 327 The main illustration is a decorative "Christmas Box" featuring figures in Elizabethan costume engaged in flirtation or romantic interaction—likely a historical literary reference, though the specific work isn't clearly indicated here. The "By the Way" section contains four brief satirical notes: 1. A joke about a petrified girl from Cincinnati being over-rocked in infancy 2. Commentary praising recovery of a boat owner's property from Central Park 3. A jab at "Among the Daisies," a poetry collection, suggesting its Vassar Professor compiler failed at her job 4. Political satire mentioning cholera, Congress, and "Blaine's Burchard's brain"—likely referencing 1884 election-year politics The overall tone is lighthearted gossip and topical humor typical of Life's satirical style.
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BY THE WAY. HE Cincinnati Commercial Gazette speaks of a petrified | girl. She was probably rocked too much in her infancy. . . . RDINARILY we are sorry for the man who, as the | saying goes, “has got ‘em again,” but in the present ! instance we are devoutly thankful that the owner of the boa- constrictor, which recently escaped in the Central Park, has recovered his property. . . . T seem to imply. HE book of poems, “ Among the Daisies,” was not compiled by a Vassar Professor, as its title would | WBIM would faine Ve lovesick stuaine Faire Piseresse Marjorie vez taine BWeneathe yp festive Miseletoe « * Albeit to steale a kiss or tivo, pd Bistresse Marjorie sor ve Alle chroughe bys little game doth spye, Gnd eke an angrie hand applye Gnto bys care p' slye young for, cage were a sortie Christmasse | HE discovery of a natural gas region has been an- | nounced, Naturally enough it is situated in Ohio, the home of the Campaign Orator. . ° ONGRESS has opened, but the cholera most fortunately | has not yet arrived. Congress, Christmas and Cholera! What an alliteration ! Rum, Romanism and Rebellion, born of Blaine’s Burchard’s brain, dwindles in comparison, A N enterprising typo not a thousand miles away from our printing office set up “Heine's Book of Songs” as “ Hen’s Book of Lays.” He has gone to that bourne whence dead matter never returns. In other words he has been distributed. comicbooks.com