Life, 1886-10-28 · page 7 of 16
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# Analysis of Page 259 from Life Magazine The main cartoon titled "THE PROOF" depicts a domestic scene where a man confronts a woman he's been attentive to, claiming she's his wife. The humor hinges on a misunderstanding—he's apparently been flirting with someone he mistakenly believed was available, only to discover she's already married. The page also contains brief satirical "scraps" about topical matters: commentary on Geronimo's popularity in the Old West, a joke about new U.S. silver certificates featuring Martha Washington instead of traditional imagery, and wordplay about newspaper journalism. The remaining content consists of book advertisements and a section called "THE YACHT CRAZE" featuring dialect humor between two boys discussing sailing. The overall tone is lighthearted social satire typical of late-19th-century American humor magazines.
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SCRAPS. ERONIMO must have, been a very popular man in the “peaceful” West, judging from the report that in his progress through the frontier towns he was always accompanied by a band. * * x 4 HE new U.S. silver certificates bear the head of Martha Washington instead of the conventional Father of His Country — suggestive of the “ weaker vessel,” in comparison with the “gold standard” of the immortal George. * * * YOUNG fellow went searching in quest Of the source of a newspaper juest ; He found out the remark Was made in the ark, By a man in a cut-away vuest. * * * » “ OW, my dear James, the girl is pretty, and good, and all that, but I am told that she can’t even read, while you are an author, a rising man, and looking -for political preferment. I can't understand it.” | “My dear mother, don't you see the | philosophy of it? I want my wife to respect me, and I am going to write a new book and run for Congress. Now then, you see, she can’t read the book | nor the newspapers, and so I’m safe with | her.” * * * HER) many a man who, forsooth, Will ne'er tell a wicked untrooth Until, in old age, With countenance sage, He talks of the deeds of his yooth. He: She: THE PROOF. By THE Way, WHO IS THAT LADY IN WHITE YOU HAVE BEEN SO ATTENTIVE TO THIS EVENING ? ATTENTIVE TO! YOU ARE MISTAKEN, THAT'S MY WIFE. read history, and poetry, and romance. You will find a new zest added to living, a keener interest to the every-day world, and a charm to the many graces of mind and heart for which you are admired. Your venerable friend, Droch. «+ NEW BOOKS - KeA4 US BEWER'S WIFE, By Paul Lindau. New York: Henry Holt & Co. ag Cit Romance of the Moon. By J. A. Mitchell, New York: Henry Hole 0, Chivatric Days, and the Boys and Girls Who Helped to Make Them. By E. S, Brooks. Illustrated. New York: G, P. Putnam's Sons. In The Wilderness. By Charles Dudley Warner. Riverside Pocket Series. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The Old Order Changes. By W. H. Mallock. New York: G.P. Putnam's ns. Old Boniface. By George H. Picard. New York: White, Stokes, & Allen. len. The Good Things of “Life.” Third Series. New York: White, Stokes, & Allen. Self-Consciousness of Noted Persons. Ticknor & Co. The House at High Bridge. By Edgar Fawcett. Boston: Ticknor & Co. The Lay of the Last Minstrel. By Sir Walter Scott. Ilustrated. Boston: Ticknor & Co, Ry Justin S. Morrill. Boston : THE YACHT CRAZE, HE, following cordial salutation occurred recently between two small news-boys on the street : First SMALL Boy: Ah, Mickey, me boy, how’s she sailin’ dis mornin’? SECOND SMALL Boy (striking his breast): Wid de wind on de quarter an’ all de kites flyin’ an’ pullin’ like mules; lee scuppers under an’ makin’ things dusty from stem to stern. How is it wid yerself, cully ? 7 comicbooks.com