Life, 1887-06-09 · page 3 of 16
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 317 The page contains several sections: **"To Aurora" Poem**: A satirical poem mocking an indolent, cold queen named Aurora who refuses physical affection (won't let the speaker take her hand because "my blood is thin"). This appears to be literary satire on a specific person or type, though the identity isn't explicit here. **Literary Notes & Statistics**: Brief gossip items about writers and ministers, including one noting baseball players earn more than ministers—social commentary on American values. **Bottom Illustration**: Shows children at play near a waterfront building, with the caption "Please Mum, will you let Jimmy come with us to Sunday-School?" This is gentle domestic humor about childhood persuasion. The page reflects Life's typical mix of poetry, literary gossip, and wholesome/sentimental humor aimed at upper-class readers.
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317 DISPOSITION OF THE SURPLUS. LD GENTLEMAN (at a sewing class): I suppose, Miss Arabella, that you young ladies are not interested in the ques- tion “What shall be done with the surplus?” Miss ARABELLA: Oh, yes, TO AURORA we are indeed. . We intend (BOREALIS). to surprise Rev. Mr. White- A ITH the lazy grace of an indolent queen choker with one, and it is at Ka She curls her lip and she cocks her chin, going to be lovely. f While the haughty droop of her mouth must mean * * * The reign of a scornful spirit within. KNOWING LITTLE BOY. And she is so cold—so bitterly cold, EACHER: Johnnie, That I button my overcoat up to my chin, * . And I shiver whenever I make so bold ‘Wit ts" the: meaning : ; : As to take her hand, for my blood is thin. | of capital punishment? ‘ B. JOHNNIE: Mamma says it’s Washington etiquette. LITERARY NOTES. STATISTICS. W. #: DOANE, of Cincinnati, makes $20,000 * ayear writing hymns. Rider Haggard and his parodists don’t make this much ina life- time by writing Hes, Shes and Its. This shows that it pays to be religious. HE average baseball player gets $2,000. The average minister $500. The average baseball audience is 2,000. The average congregation, 500. F the excise law remains as it is the French crown jewels will eventually be found in Hoboken. QwiNc to an annoying typographical error a sermon of Dr. Talmage’s crept into a He coose . 7 ‘ Bc it volume of sermons by Canon Fleming. “cc RUTH is mighty and will prevail,” was not written in this city. When The learned divine has apologized profusely modified to: fit New York society it reads: “Truth is feeble and will for his inadvertance in not recalling the volume, | continue, as heretofore, to occupy a back seat.” and Dr. Talmage has graciously concluded not to spike the Canon for this, his first offense. PRINCE BATTENBERG is engaged in writ- ing a volume, “Two Years a Son-in-Law toa Queen, or How to Live on £10 per Annum.” | | R, JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL has written an exhaustive paper for a New York daily paper, on ‘ Did Shakespeare write ‘The Buntling Ball’ and ‘The Bread Winners?’” JUDGE TOURGEE is about to publish anew novel. The title, we hear, is to be similar to “Hot Ploughshares,” referring, no doubt, to some other warm shares lately owned by the Judge in a publishing enterprise. HE Prince of Wales has escaped the Scylla of the Queen’s birthday only to fall, it is feared, into the Charybdis of her Jubilee. PLEASE MUM, WILL YOU .LET JIMMY COME WITH US TO SUNDAY-SCHOOL ? comicbooks.com