Life, 1886-07-29 · page 5 of 16
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# Page 61 Analysis This page contains a poem titled "Kitty" by H.H. Browne celebrating an unnamed charming young woman. The accompanying illustration shows multiple figures in Victorian dress engaged in various social activities. Below the poem, a brief article addresses General Fitz John Porter, apparently responding to recent congratulations given to him. The passage defends Porter against criticism, referencing Abraham Lincoln's characterization of him as "plain people" and defending his reputation against what the writer calls unfair judgment. The page concludes with three brief satirical definitions—likely reflecting contemporary social commentary about picnic etiquette, medical philosophy, and legal matters (arsenic poisoning). The specific topical references remain unclear without additional historical context about Porter's situation and period debates.
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KITTY. Y Kitty is a charming girl ‘When e’er we go a-walking, Though I’m as silent as a chur! Still Kitty keeps a-talking. She talks of this and talks of that, Yet no one’s name e’er harming, For innocent is all her chat And altogether charming. I've known the maidens gay and fair Of many a famous city, But none of all could e’er compare With my own charming Kitty. Her eyes are bright as stars that light The ebon shades of even, Her voice is music’s own delight, Her smile a dream of heaven. With blithesome feet she walks the street, While charmed is every gazer, She looks so sweet and good and neat That none can help but praise her. Bloom fragrant flowers beneath her feet, Sing merry birds above her, For Kitty is so good and sweet All things in nature love her. RACY, Emmy 6- | 4 AMUSEMENTS of THEE ARISTA In life's brief day say what they may, To love is right and duty, And like to heaven's inspiring ray Is the bright smile of Beauty. Some maids are loved because they ’re fair, Or rich, or gay, or witty, But best I love this maiden rare Because—because she 's Kitty. A. H. Browne. fies % “yy : a Wes PROPOSES SENDING ABROAD FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE HEATHEN, IN IMITATION OF THE ONCERNING our recent congratulation to Gen. Fitz John Porter a correspondent delivers him- self as follows : We do all well know that Mr. Porter has long since been condemned by the fair and impartial judgment of that solid body which Mr. Lincoln, of glorious memory, called the “ plain people,” and that the reputation of him, like a much bedaubed wall, will not hold whitewash, and yet, you hard-hearted jester, you mention ‘his happy outcome.” UST how a living skeleton should be described, when he is no longer living, has been rather a nice question. It seems to have been solved by one of the osseous outlines himself, who, dying at the very hour when he ought to have appeared on exhi- bition, exclaimed: “I’m bony fide mortified.” THE PROPER PICNIC GLOVE—Mousquetaire. SIXTH SPECIMEN EXHIBIT OF AN AMERICAN TOWN LIFE JAPANESE VILLAGE NOW TRAVELING IN THIS COUNTRY. A MATTER OF TASTE—Homeeopathic or allopathic. ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL—Arsenic. comicbooks.com