Life, 1885-11-12 · page 4 of 14
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# Page 270 of Life Magazine - Analysis This page contains miscellaneous short humor pieces rather than political cartoons. Key content includes: **"Autumn Thoughts"** — A poem playing on the phrase "Turning to thoughts of duds" (fashionable clothing), using seasonal transitions as metaphor. **"Pictorial Shakespeare"** — An illustration of a woman in classical dress, captioned with a Shakespeare quote about variety and custom. The remaining items are brief satirical notes on various topics: land prices in England, anti-vaccination protests in Montreal, entertainment costs at Russian imperial venues, and postal delivery systems. There are no clearly identifiable political figures or specific current events referenced. The satire is gentle and observational rather than pointed political commentary—typical of Life magazine's general humor content.
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AUTUMN THOUGHTS. I N the Fall the young man's fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of duds, And the last year’s débutant-e Joins the ranks of this year’s buds. In the Fall the gobbling turkey 's * Fattened for Thanksgiving’s feed, And the festive Anglomaniac Hunteth down the aniseed. In the Fall the “children’s” Papa Wishes that before he ‘d taught ‘em That the time to scatter money At all events is not the Autumn, . * . REAL estate item says that a great deal of land about Winchester, England, may be leased for twenty-five cents an acre. Twenty-five cents an acre is not much, and our charitable citizens should set about furnishing quarters for the poor at once. . . . CORRESPONDENT suggests a novel method for vaccinating the anti-vaccination mob in Montreal. It consists in coating bullets with virus and shooting the objectors with them. A charge of cold lead alone, it is generally supposed, will keep a man from dying of small-pox. i Fiat bills for the entertainment of the emperors at Kremsier have recently been audited. They amount to $200,000. This includes the cost of 1,500 bottles of Rhine wines, 2,500 bottles of French vintages, 3,000 bottles of champagne, and 1,000 of liqueurs. And yet, up to the hour of going to press, no orders have been given for the enlargement of the imperial crowns! iG (ees Queen has subscribed one copy of “ Leaves from the Highlands " to the Gordon Memorial. It will be used to anchor the memorial when completed. * * * )ROF. PETERS states that cholera is relatively con- tagious. Persons overburdened with relatives may cut this out and paste it in a conspicuous place. " said Mrs. Spriggins, “ this feller Adv. is copied a lot. I don’t think his jokes are very good, and they ‘re mostly about patent remedials.” . . . HE hour for five o'clock tea in Paris is, according to an exchange, nine o'clock. The seven o'clock train leaves Paris at 12.30, but in this respect the railroad management does not differ greatly from that of the New York Central Railroad, where trains are run on much the same principle as its dividends are declared. . . . PICTORIAL SHAKESPEARE. AGE CANNOT WITHER HER, NOR CUSTOM STALE HER INFINITE VARIETY.—Antony and Cleopatra. . . > R. BURCHARD thinks it was a combination of Fibbs, Fanaticism and Foraker that defeated Mr. Daven- port. * ° e T was natural, perhaps, that the esteemed Sum should be somewhat agitated on the eve of election, but this can- not excuse the error of sending the horse show reporter to the Metropolitan Opera House, to announce on the following morning that Miss Viola Allen made an ingenuous and lov- able Desdemona in “ Ingomar.” . . . HE new postal delivery is now known as the P. D..Q Quick Postal Delivery. comicbooks.com