Life, 1887-07-21 · page 5 of 16
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# Page Analysis: Life Magazine, Page 33 This page contains three distinct sections: 1. **"A Bargain"** — A poem by Isabella A. Mundy about a woman who married a wealthy man for his money rather than love, presenting a cynical view of matrimonial exchange. 2. **"Scientific"** — A brief news item about a new Australian anesthetic called "drumme," humorously suggesting philanthropists might discover similar drugs like "pianoine" and "cornetine." 3. **"Up with the Times"** — A cartoon depicting a farmer and presumably a city visitor at a well. The joke hinges on the city visitor asking about modernization ("What have ye done with all this morning's milk?"), to which the farmer responds he's "poured it down the well" — satirizing rural resistance to modern progress and urban confusion about country life. The humor reflects early 20th-century tensions between rural and urban American cultures.
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A BARGAIN. HE loved me not, and yet she wed me, For I was rich, had wealth untold ; Her heart and hand she gladly gave me— A fair exchange for all my gold. Fair and sweet, at first I loved her, But found her heartless, cruel, cold ; And yet our bargain’s fairly equal, For she was bought, and I was sold. —Ssabella A. Mundy. SCIENTIFIC, HE Lancet announces the dis- covery of a new anesthetic in Australia, to which the name “drumine " is given. If some phil- anthropic genius will just go ahead in this line and discover “ pianoine” and “ cornetine,” public confidence in the practical value of science will be immensely strengthened. T is said that the roller-skating craze has reached Philadelphia. p Note grandfather al- ways receives the respect and veneration due to old age, WHAT CAN BE SAID. ISS B. has asked Brown and Jones to play tennis and stay to dinner. They appear in “aie tennis-suits, each with a small hand- ie bag containing linen collar and UP WITH THE TIMES. cuffs, Miss B,: There, I told mamma Farmer (to new farm hand from the city); WHAT HEV YE DONE WITH ALL THIS MORN- you would have sense enough to to's miLK? bring dress-suits ! New Hand: PouRED fr DOWN THE WELL, OF COURSE! he comicbooks.com