Life, 1887-04-14 · page 3 of 16
Life — April 14, 1887 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 203 This page contains several distinct pieces: 1. **"When First the Maid I Love, I Wooed"** — A romantic poem by Henry Emerson about courtship, with no apparent political satire. 2. **"Meteorological"** — A brief dialogue joke about a New England professor predicting "boreal weather" months later. 3. **"An April Fool"** — A comic sketch where a "Young Hopeful" mistakes his father's weather flag signal for foolery, only to discover April rain arrived as predicted. The humor depends on misreading signs and failed expectations. 4. **Political line** — One sentence references Cleveland and the Democratic party, but lacks context. 5. **"A Flash from the Torch"** and **"Next Morning"** — Dialogue snippets, possibly continuations of illustrated scenes (unclear without full context). 6. **Bottom cartoon** — Shows figures about a new spring hat purchase. The page mixes light humor, weather jokes, and brief political commentary typical of 1880s-90s satirical magazines.
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*LIFE- WHEN FIRST THE MAID I LOVE, I WOOED. HEN first the maid I love, I wooed, I gave the rein to hope and passion ; She smiled at my excited mood, And told me ‘love was out of fashion.” In dainty verses next I tried ‘To move her by my pretty wit ; She tossed each ardent page aside And clearly would have none of it. I took her to my father’s bank, And showed her vaults of smiling gold ; I laughed at love and lauded rank, And there again my tale I told. The dawn of love was in her eyes— Her answer was not hard to guess ; I saw her bosom fall and rise— She blushed and softly answered ‘* Yes.” Henry Emerson. METEOROLOGICAL. ISITOR (2 @ mountainous New England town toa resident Professor): Good morning, sir; this is deau- «deal weather. PROFESSOR: Yes, but come here a couple of months later and we'll show you some éorea/ weather. AN APRIL FOOL. TIME, APRIL IST. OUNG HOPEFUL: Papa, has the signal service man been trying to fool us? because the clear weather flag | is up and it has snowed all day. PROUD PARENT: I suppose he has, my son. (Several days after—A clear day and the general rain Slag up.) YouNG HOPEFUL: He has been trying to fool us again, Papa, but April fool is gone and past and he's the biggest fool at last. HE Democratic party is safe not to run down Hill—at least while Mr, Cleveland is at the head of it. A FLASH FROM THE TORCH. Mrs. A. [ss iT wich, Witttiam ? Mr, H. (sadiy): Yes, MY LOVE, LIDERTY USUALLY DOES COMB mon. NEXT MORNING. HAPPIE: Haw, Cholly, how feel? CuHOLLy: Immense. How you? CHAPPIE: First Clawss. How's head ? CHOLLY: Immense. CHAPPIE: Haw, naturally, CHOLLY: Haw. . HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS HAIR CUT BEFORE BUYING HIS NEW SPRING HAT, | A HARD time. — The Iron Age. comicbooks.com