Life, 1887-11-10 · page 3 of 16
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 257 This page contains three separate satirical pieces rather than single unified cartoons: 1. **"An Ungentle Shower"** - A poem by Henry Tyrrell about unexpected spring rain, accompanying a Victorian-era sketch of domestic life. 2. **"Literary Log-Rolling Again"** - Discusses literary criticism and authorship, referencing J.C.A. (appears to reference Clayton Adams) and questioning whether mystery writer J.C.A. is truly the author of "Bungling Winners." The satire mocks mutual praise between writers and the opacity of authorship claims. 3. **"A Clincher"** - A cartoon showing what appears to be a family reconciliation scene, with dialogue about a son's wrongdoing and father's eventual forgiveness, ending with a joke about honesty toward "a retired ice-dealer." The page primarily satirizes literary pretension and social hypocrisy through humor rather than political commentary.
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Aunty: HERE 18 AN APPLE, JOHNNY; CHRISTIAN SPIRIT. Johnny: How am I To DO THAT, AUNTIE? Aunty: OFFER HEK THE LARGEST PIECE. Johnny (handing the apple to his sister): Curistian, LITERARY LOG-ROLLING AGAIN. CONTRIBUTOR to Macmillan's Magazine, apropos of Literary Log-Rolling, says: “On that sport which the author's of the New English call log-rolling, it strikes me that much unnecessary fury has been wasted. At its worst it can impose on no reasonable being, and I shrewdly sus- pect that those who are most indignant at it, are those who cannot get their own logs rolled.” Mr. J. Clayton Adams has only to reveal his identity to refute or confirm this theory. After reading the above re- marks a horrible suspicion haunts us that J.C. A. is none other than the author of the “Buntling Winners,” a Greco- Roman mystery that startled the speculative world some two seasons agone, Will not the sleuth-hound of letters, Ignatius the Great, put what he calls his mind on this question of authorship ? EYES Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like Berry Wall. SHARE IT WITH YOUR SISTER IN A There, Sissy, YOU SHARE LIKE A 257 AN UNGENTLE SHOWER. NLY a curtain’s displacement, Only a hand at the casement, Where the chrysanthemums'’ kisses Fall on the fingers they wreath, Only a Now, by the powers! Talk about sudden Spring showers ! She might, when she waters those chryses, First look who is standing beneath. Henry Tyrrell. ST. LOUIS man claims to have dis- covered a collar that will not wilt. A collar that has done service for years and never been known to wilt was discovered in New York just about the time Captain — beg pardon— Inspector Williams began to carry a club. Cs a man be said to be on a “terra. cotta bust" when he is “painting the town red?” WESTERN NEWSPAPER ART. ESTERN EDITOR (0 the artist of the paper): Have you the drawing of the President and Mrs. Cleveland, Mr. Inksplasher ? MR. INKSPLASHER: Yes, sir; here it is. WESTERN EpiTor: Ah, yes; and which is the President and which is Mrs. Cleve- land? ‘ A CLINCHER, Father (haughtily): WEL, str ?. Son (imploringly) : ForGIve ME, I KNOW HOW DEEPLY JI HAVE WRONGED YOU; BUT I AM YOUNG, AND I HAVE VET TIME TO MAKE REPARATION, IF A FUTURE LIFE OF HONESTY. Father (angrily): HONESTY! MA, HA! Wu PRATES OF HON- ESTY TO A KETIRED ICE-DEALER? comicbooks.com