Life, 1886-10-07 · page 12 of 16
Life — October 7, 1886 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Life Magazine Page 216: Satirical Humor and Social Commentary This page collects various short jokes and comic sketches typical of Life magazine's format. Key content includes: **"Suah T' Git a Bite Heah"**: A racist caricature depicting a Black figure with exaggerated features—reflecting the offensive stereotyping common in early 20th-century American humor publications. **"Overheard Between Brooklyn and Harlem"**: A dark joke about a suicide attempt, where a jobless man jumps off Brooklyn Bridge after a policeman tells him to "go work," suggesting economic desperation was treated as fodder for satire. **Other pieces** mock gender dynamics (the "appeasing" husband joke), professional speech patterns (the lawyer's period joke), and social climbing (the pork-money nouveaux riches). The cartoons feature "BEWARE OF DOG" signs and feature Charles Dana Gibson's characteristic illustration style. Overall, the page reflects early-1900s American middle-class humor: often cruel, frequently reliant on ethnic/racial stereotypes and class mockery.
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WITH APOLOGIES TO BURNS. 6c VERY lassie has her laddie” To whisper words of love, — But every lassie has a daddy To knock on the floor above ! Condé D' Aubert. ANYTHING TO APPEASE HIM. oe HAT in thunder is that child crying for?” asked Fogg, “I don’t know. I’ve given him everything I can think of and still he doesn’t stop,” replied his wife. “ That proves, of course, that he wants some- thing else.” “But I can’t find anything else to give him.” “ Well, lend him something, then, can’t you ?” HAS NO USE FOR THEM. XAMINING LAWYER: Now, Mr. | Evarts, at what period in your life did | you first begin to do business with this man ? Mr. Evarts: Excuse me, I never take notice of periods. HE Chinese invented paper in 170 B.C. It SUAH T’ GIT A BITE HEAH, was a comic paper. OVERHEARD BETWEEN BROOKLYN AND HARLEM. “cc HAT do you want to drown yourself for ?” said a policeman who caught | aman trying to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. “T have no money,” said the man. “ Then go work,” said the blue coat. “No, sir! I’m not so desperate as that,” and he plunged. * * * UBBERS (who has made quick money in é pork): Yaas, that’s a fine head. It’s a ; | | | 1 (ett Vandyke. An ancestor of mine. q \ , Aloe = Wh DRIBBLES (who zs not rich, but speaks his H mind): So ’tis, by Jove! and it came very near being my great-grandfather, only Kiswit, the art man, and I disagreed on the price. * * * UNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER: Now, children, can you tell me who was the meekest man ? SMALL Boy: Moses use ter be. TEACHER: Use to be? Well, who is meeker than Moses now, Tommy ? SMALL Boy: De members of de New York Ball Ciub. ATF Wl STRAPPING fellow with plenty of soap — The barber. . HE WAS RIGHT. comicbooks.com