Life, 1887-09-29 · page 11 of 16
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# Life Magazine Page 179: Social Commentary and Satire This page contains several brief satirical pieces typical of Life magazine's format. The main illustration depicts a yacht race, accompanying text mocking English sportsmanship—claiming Englishmen are honorable only when disadvantaged, but become "underhanded" when given advantage. Additional items include: **"The Collector Will Notice"**: Jokes about smuggling at ports, suggesting arriving steamships conceal contraband (gloves, laces) among legitimate cargo during busy arrivals. **Anti-Semitic content**: A crude stereotype about Jewish people, which reflects the magazine's regrettable editorial bias of the era. **"Boulanger March" reference**: Appears to mock an inappropriate musical choice (a German military march) at a Newport social event, likely implying poor taste or international tension awareness. The page exemplifies early Life magazine's mix of gentle social observation and period prejudices now considered offensive.
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179 || anchored during the race, and | that the captain and crew | shall give bonds not to pass | an English boat, or go to the Tower. When an English sports- man is so placed that he cannot take undue advantage of another he is the soul of honor, but once give him the upper hand—well, it is a par- adox, but he is apt to be underhanded. . . . E hereby give notice that we have charter- ed a complete file of New York papers for the day after the Yacht Race, and have engaged at considerable ex- pense a brilliant young man who knows a Jib-boom from a Presidential boom to com- pile our account of the great event for the coming issue. E respect and admire the Hebrew race, but we must confess that never have we seen one who could be called a gentile-man, THE COLLECTOR WILL PLEASE NOTICE. HERE is nothing to equal the noise and bustle of an arriving steam- ship at this season of the year, and what is more the bustle covereth a multitude of gloves, laces and other. dutiable articles. iE = S ti % be = is) 2 = ° ° & n | & % < C3) a“ ° >| 2 > roy = & T is well known that water won't stick to grease, and | from personal observation | we doubt if it clings to any great extent among Italians, A MOST inappropriate selection for the open- ing of a German given at Newport was the Boulanger March. comicbooks.com