Life, 1887-08-04 · page 3 of 14
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 59 **"Life at Eight A.M."** (top poem): A domestic scene showing a man entering while his wife sits by a window. The poem describes his attempt at affection—kissing her fingertips—rejected with a frown. The satire targets morning marital coldness and miscommunication: he didn't realize he'd offended her the previous day by not looking her way. **"Life at Newport"** (illustration): Depicts wealthy leisure society. The dialogue mocks upper-class anxieties about punctuality and social expectations, with Mrs. S. reassuring Mr. S. about late arrivals. **"Flowing Locks" and "Must Be the Boston Nine"** (bottom sections): Brief satirical pieces—one about hair length and Prohibition, another regarding Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Boston's baseball team. The page satirizes American social conventions across class levels.
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AT EIGHT A. M. S I passed by on t'other side, My lady's window opened wide. She there appeared unto my view, As though the sun had risen anew. A gown—the like I ne'er had seen, Though much it pleased me—robed my queen. I kissed my finger-tips in play— She frowned, arid took herself away. I called anon ; an angry look Received me as her hand I took. What crime I'd managed to commit I did not know, but, bit by bit, I learned that when I passed that day, I should have looked the other way. Because—I heard her lips declare— She'd not had time to fix her hair, SDS. Jr. LIFE AT NEWPORT. Ir I AM NOT AT HOME BY TWELVE O'CLOCK, DO NOT BE ANXIOUS, AND IF / AM NOT HERE WHEN YOU RETURN, DKAR, YOU NEEDN'T WORKY, FLOWING LOCKS. “ OU have a remarkable head of hair, sir,” he said to the stranger. “Yes, it’s very long—the result of a solemn oath I have taken,’ “Never to have it cut, I suppose, until a Prohibitionist is elected President ?” “Worse than that, sir; never to have it cut until the Metropolitans win a game of ball.” MUST BE THE BOSTON NINE. M RS. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX is said to be i wooing the muses tls summer. If this be true, the original muses must have been replaced by a new nine, the old Greek team ha consisted exclusively of females. ESPITE all precautions taken by the Quarantine authorities, the Sun's cholera mixture has broken out ayain in print, with undiminished virulence. 7 comicbooks.com