Life, 1887-04-14 · page 4 of 16
Life — April 14, 1887 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 204 This page contains satirical commentary and a cartoon rather than political caricature. The top decorative border shows animals in various poses, setting a humorous tone. The main cartoon, captioned "No Easter Egg of Me, Thank You!" depicts a bird (likely a chicken or similar fowl) rejecting an egg—a visual pun on Easter traditions and perhaps commentary on reproductive anxieties or commercialization of holidays. The accompanying text consists of brief satirical observations on contemporary issues: Dr. Fulton's anti-Catholic activism, legislative exemptions for religious institutions, Johann Most's erratic political behavior, Russian assassination attempts, and servant girls organizing labor in New Jersey. These items exemplify Life's style of short, witty social commentary on current events and personalities.
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THE CLOSE OF LENT. TL ’ is over, and the sinner Now resumes the ball and dinner, While the trees are bringing forth their dainty buds. Those who fasted well or ill, Set the pace much faster still, In a grand display of fashionable duds. . * . HILADELPHIA fathers can derive considerable com- fort from the knowledge that their sons are now referred to as “fast young men.” * » * THE World confesses that it takes twenty-one hundred and seventy-six pounds of ink to print its Sunday edition. It is strange that so much weight should go to make such a light paper. * . * HE New Jersey police came very near tracing the Rahway murderer last week, but a New York detective interfered and lost the clue. ‘TLEMAN who has tried both says that he cannot decide which is the more cheerful, the business of an | undertaker or a week at Old Point Discomfort. * . . T is announced that Mr. Vanderbilt's new yacht rolls; but so does Mr. Vanderbilt—in wealth. . . . OSTONIANS retain a large portion of the Puritanic cruelty of their fore mothers and fathers. At a Longfellow memorial held at the Hub last week, Mr. Howells and some other authors had to stand up and read their own works. Some people enjoyed the spectacle, but we think the punishment was a little too large for the crime. D* FULTON’S crusade against the Roman Catholic Church is succeeding beautifully. At least ten Roman Catholics have died in Brooklyn since the Doctor began his work. * . * “TERE is a measure before the legislature to exempt religious institutions from the water-tax. We are glad to know that our legislators appreciate what | we all owe ty religion, but we think the bill should be amended so 4s to exclude the Baptists from its workings. There is no reason why the State should show undue favor- itism to any on€ sect. M R. HOWELLS is not very well satisfied with the condition of fiction. Perhaps the eminent realist has been reading W. D. H. . . . RESIDENT CLEVELAND has done a good thing in promoting Mr. Fairchild to the Treasury portfolio. We are assured, on the highest authority, that M:. Fair- child can tell a counterfeit coin a mile off. * . . HE number of poor servant girls who have waked up to find that they were murdered in New Jersey week | before last is appalling. There are almost enough of them to organize a labor | union and boycott their identifiers. This explains why the man with light understanding feels | humiliated when wearing knickerbockers. v7} OTHING,” writes Balzac, “is irredeemably ugly but sin.” Balzac died without seeing Ben Butler. * * . HE Czar of Russia gets homesick if a week goes by without his attempted assassination. He is changing his mind about might making right, espe- | cially when it is dynamite. * . . OHA MOST is very like the month of March. He is windy. He went in like a lion and came out like a lamb. We hope he will continue the parallel, and, like March, keep quiet for a year or so. comicbooks.com