Life, 1887-09-08 · page 11 of 16
Life — September 8, 1887 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Life Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Life* contains multiple satirical pieces typical of the era's humor magazine: **"In Season" (poem)**: A romantic poem contrasting a woman's appearance in winter versus summer—idealized and bundled in December, but less appealing in thin summer clothes. The satire appears to mock romantic idealization and male inconsistency. **"Is This an Insult to the Pension Agents"**: A political joke where "Dan" (likely a well-known figure, unclear from context) responds to a question about what the President caught fishing in the Adirondacks. When asked "Suckers?", Dan replies the President "catches all the suckers he wants in Washington"—a jab at Washington politicians as gullible dupes. **"Equally Divided" (cartoon)**: Two working-class Irish women (indicated by names O'Harrity and Casey) discuss dividing a quart of liquor—one quart for herself, one for her friend. The humor mocks Irish-American drinking culture and working-class domestic life. The page reflects late-19th/early-20th-century satirical targets: politics, gender, and ethnic stereotypes.
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She (slightly seasith): SOMEHOW OR OTHER I CAN'T EAT ON BOARD THESE BOATS. He; Wuat DO YOU WANT TO EAT FOR? Don'r you know THAT “WILFUL WASTE MAKES WOEFUL WANT.” A country lawyer who accompanied the correspondent on his walk through the grounds, announced his intention to visit New York next winter and run for the first vacant judgeship he can find and cultivate the acquaintance of some one of our merchant princes. This certainly is a lucrative profession. The day was brought toa close by a german given by the Solomot - Levi's at their superb mansion on Broadway. The favors were un- precedentedly choice, and the jewels displayed were simply dazzling. Mrs, Solomon-Levi wore a large 27 karat rhine-stone set in silver on her forefinger, All the young ladies present wore gloves, but the pre- vailing style of wearing the rings outside added great lustre to the scene, After a cold collation of ginger beer, soda crackers and a magnum of High Rock water for each person, the gentlemen adjourned to the old Morrissey Club House and finished up the night with a game of Pharaoh. ‘The correspondent reached New York after a very tiresome walk on Thursday, firmly convinced that while vice is not quite so rampant in Saratoga now as in by-gone days, there is none the less too much sin-agog there to suit his taste. Chotmondeley Harcourt. IS THIS AN INSULT TO THE PENSION AGENTS. PROPOS of the fishing season a fair story is told of the immortal Dan, who was asked by a Washington politician what the President caught in the Adirondacks, closing with the quer: “ Suckers?” “No,” said Dan “he catches all the suckers he wants in Washington.” Whether this will affect the Presidential race or not remains to be seen, IN SEASON. rk I MET her in December, Ere dancing made her thin— A pliant figure in a suit Of cloth and leopard-skin ; Her pretty chin looked fuller Clasped by a bonnet bow, Her pointed bang and ostrich tips Were powdered by the snow. And I vowed, as I bowed, That a maid’s in her prime, Like a rich hot-house rose, In the bleak winter-time, Il. Rut now in blue midsummer, The leafy August days, Short-skirted cambrics make her seem But childish in her ways ; A wide-brimmed straw half shadows Her face from noontide glare, Her little neck and chin are brown, And the wind has tossed her hair. And I say as we stray, T have always averred, . That the rose as it grows Out of doors T preferred. EHTS EQUALLY DIVIDED. Mrs. OHarrity: NOW PUT 1N ANOTHER QUART, Grocer (putting in second quart); WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK FOR A HALF-GALLON AT FIRST AND HAVE DONE WITH IT? Mrs. O'Harrity: Oct, BLESS YEZ SOWL! ONE QUART IS FER MESELF AND T'OTHER 15 FER MRS, CASEY. (A comicbooks.com