Life, 1885-11-26 · page 13 of 16
Life — November 26, 1885 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Life Magazine Page 307: Content Analysis This page combines humor, brief anecdotes, and advertisements typical of Life magazine's satirical format. **The Cartoons/Humor Pieces:** The main cartoon "At Scissors at Nulls" depicts a newspaper editor hiring a country journalist. The joke: the new hire boasts of reporting a burned henhouse with excessive detail (four columns of description, diagrams of chicken tracks in snow), which the editor considers perfect for their "blanket sheet"—meaning sensationalized, padded coverage. **The Anecdotes** include several brief jokes: - A sarcastic response about learning piano ("go to the woods") - German translations featuring malapropisms and household mishaps - A dialogue between a gentleman and children about clothing and gender **The Political/Social Reference:** The Yale college president resignation mention appears to reference real salary disputes affecting collegiate athletics, suggesting tension between academic institutions and growing commercialization of baseball. **The Page is Primarily Advertising:** Most space features book publishers (Henry Holt & Co.), clothing retailers (tailor services), perfume brands (Lundborg's), and fabric goods (Priestley's silk), reflecting 1880s-90s consumer culture.
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LIFE PAT SESCRS AT LL $¢ GO you want a position on the staff of our blanket sheet, do you ?” inquired the managing editor of a new man from the country. “Ves, sir.” “Well, how are you on the spread?" “Spread? Gosh, that’s just my holt, son’s Ren-house burned last winter I reported it for the Weekly Palladium, Had four columns of description, two columns of notes and a wood-cut diagram showing all the tracks made in the snow by the escaping chickens.”" “Good. You ‘re engaged, sir."—Chicago Herald, “*T was afraid that the new rule that the base-ball players should not receive more than $2,000 salary would havea depress- ing effect,” remarked McSwilligen. “* What effect have you noticed?” asked Podsnap. “Why, burgh throni-le. When Widow Thomp- | the president of Yale college has resigned."—Pitts. | 307 AN anxious inquirer asks: ‘‘Where would you advise me to go to learn how to play the piano?” To the woods, dear—to the deep, dark, damp, dank, danger- ous woods.—Boston Post. FROM THE GERMAN. Cart: “Mother, in the milk bucket a dead mouse was.” MotHer: ‘Well, hast thou it thereout taken ?” Car: ‘No; I have the cat therein thrown.”—£x, “Mamma,” said a little girl who stood before the show window of a Wabash Avenue art store, ‘do n't angels ever wear pretty hats?” “No, my dear.” " e, new dresses?” “Nor ribbons, nor things ?” “Never.” “Then, mamma, I give it to you straight—I never want to be an angel."—£x. A GENTLEMAN passing along Franklin street yesterday saw two children, apparently § and 6 years old, playing in thegutter. The elder wore pantalodhs, while the younger still cluny to infantile dresses, Stopping, he addressed the boy with pantaloons : “Are you both boys ?” “No,” was the answer; “I'm one, and Johnny's going to be | one next week."—Zix, Che Christmas Number Bobo ready Dec. Tth will contain more than twice the usual amount of matter, with au original and ghostly tafe Sy 7 ‘o * * julian HOWGHORNE % * Mess. HENRY HOLT & CO. | MAVE RECENTLY PUSLISHED The Leisure Hour Shakespeare | Spruce Street, New | ADVERTISERS can learn the cost of any y | Proposed line of Advertising at Geo P. Row- ell a Co's, Newspa, paper Advertising Bureau, 10 | Send 10 cents for 1oo-page pamphlet, | KOaKAVER s6mo. 7 vols. $7. $1 per vol. Symond’s Renaissance in Italy. $10. $2 per vol. Tiernan’s ‘ Suzette.” (An American novel). 16mo. $1.25. McClelland’s ‘ Oblivion.”’ (An American novel). 16mo, Leisure Hour Series, $1. Bacourt’s Bro. vols. “Souvenirs of a Diplomat.”’ $1.50. | Von Falk's Greece and Rome. (4co illustrations). New and cheaper edition, 4to. 12mo, Henry Holt & Co., N. Y. ALFRED T. CARROLL | Tailor | and Importer [| 166 SIXTH AVE., |LADIES’ TAILOR. 19 EAST ast ST.. New vyorx. Lonvon AND Newport. 1s now showing his fresh novel: ties for the. Autumn Season se. lected from leading London and Paris Houses. LADIES’ ROUND HATS. 178 & 180 Fifth Ave., bet, 22d & 23d Sts. and 181 Broadway, near Cortlandt St., New York. Palmer House, Chicago. 914 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. tended t FREE septs gaan aged a Se ered? Pyne, Senand wornen arvo} ents Wanted pares Ae Poladel tisha, DUBTET ET Cosumen PRIESTLEY’S SILK WARP HENRIETTAS Are easily distinguished by their softness and beauty and regularity of finish. They are made of the finest silk and dest Australian ‘ool, and are the most thoroughly reliable goods in the market. Luadporg’s Perfume, Edenia. Lundborg’s Perfume, Maréchal Niel Rose. Lundborg's Perfume, Alpine Violet. Lundborg’s Perfume, Lily of the Valley. Lundborg's Rhenish Cologne. TWO BLOCKS BELOW FOURTEENTH STREET, | NEW YORK. Correct Styles, Exclusively the Finest. | comicbooks.com