Life, 1885-07-16 · page 6 of 16
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 34 The page contains a cartoon titled "In Arkansas" depicting a man with a horse-drawn carriage in a rural setting. The caption states: "Mr. McGinnis, the new hired man from the East, thinks he has never seen such a vicious cow since his arrival in America." The satire targets the contrast between Eastern urbanites and rural Western/Southern life. McGinnis, apparently an Eastern newcomer, encounters rough frontier conditions he finds shocking. The humor relies on the stereotype of Easterners as unaccustomed to frontier hardships and animal dangers. The page also features poetry sections ("Three Widows," "The Grass," "Veuve Clicquot") and brief commentary pieces typical of Life's satirical format, though these don't appear cartoonish in nature.
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34 most damnable iteration. There are faults in the new book, | but its merits far outweigh these faults. * * * We in- | cline to the belief that the indefinable quality known as genius lurks in it.” . . W E cannot attempt, in a paragraph, to do justice to the volume of essays by the President's sister, which has just been issued under the title “George Eliot’s Poetry and other Studies.” (Funk & Wagnalls.) Besides, we do not want to interfere with the Sun's chances of getting into the President's favor by praising his sister's work. It is the last opportunity for redemption left to that notorious Butler organ. However, we would like to ask the Sw, in its capacity of | special guardian of the English language, what it really | thinks of the following as a specimen of lucid prose: “* To all love that rightly culminates in marriage there is, doubt- less, an irrational phase, a normal abnormality that may or may not outlast the honeymoon, and then gives place to something better. In this period no Cadijah can flourish.” In the name of Cadijah’s husband, Mahomet, we protest against the “ normal abnormality" of Miss Cleveland's style, and recommend to her a course of reading of her brother's admirable state papers, which are as clear as they are for- cible. Droch. BOOKS RECEIVED. ND DIRECTORY. ‘T. Symonds. By the Hon. P: IRIS GUIDE | Schaack. Paris A Millionaire's Cousin, York: Henry Holt & Co. RURAL contemporary speaks of the “ First Guns of | the Campaign begin to boom.” Inasmuch as the | Gubernatorial booms have been confined to Hill and Flower, | we conclude these must be pop-guns or the dread toy pistol By Stickney & Van Emily Lawless, New | - LIFE: THREE WIDOWS. THE GRASS. 1TH slumbrous smile and artless art, She aims within her dainty den, The shafts that fail to reach the heart, But pierce the pocketbooks of men— Asiren sly with sleepless eye— She only fails, to try again! Beware, young man ! thou ‘rt ever rash, Who looks too long shall lose his cash ! VEUVE CLICQUOT. The cork doth merrily rebound, Coaxed by the screw of spiral brass ; And with a thirst-compelling sound ‘The amber dew doth downward pass. In creamy spray the bubbles play And mantle gaily in the glass, But view it, then, young man, with dread, Who looks too long shall lose his head ! THE OTHER KIND. Soft silken locks of golden brown, A face to fool an anchorite, Two eyes that look demurely down, Two slender hands so soft and white, A sunny smile to charm, beguile, And thrill the soul with shy delight ! Now guard lest wealth and wit depart— She steals them both who wins the heart! #H. T, P. GENERALLY (W)RECKLESS—Careful sea captains, IN ARKANSAS. IS, THE NEW HIRED MAN FROM THE E. NEVER SEI H A VICIOUS COW SINCE HIS ARRIVAL IN | MAGNANIMOUS DOBBS. OBBS has risen to a height of magnanimity without pre- cedent in ancient or modern his- tory. Finkle had been owing him $10 borrowed money for - seven years. He ignored the debt as a | trifle beneath his notice. A few days ago Finkle celebrated his wooden wedding and invited Dobbs. The latter sent him a re- ceipted bill on a shingle. H.V.S. F RANCE is very much exercised just now over that old con- undrum propounded by Shakes- peare: “ What's in Annam?” THINKS HE HAS AMERICA, SOUND A SLEEP—A snore. comicbooks.com