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# Life Magazine Page 103: Satirical Observations This page contains several brief satirical items typical of Life magazine's humor section: **"Observations"** includes quips about poets being "born, not made" (comparing them to pug-dogs), William O'Brien's Tullamore trousers as campaign material, and Mrs. Andrew Lang's writing about Richardson novels. **"To the Police"** features a sketch of a man's profile accompanying text alerting police to a portrait of an organized band of counterfeiters flooding London with fake currency—describing their operation as more lucrative than legitimate poor relief in the city annually. **"The Course of True Love"** shows a humorous illustration of a boy stealing an old man's chicken, with caption indicating Josiah receives credit while the neighbor's dog gets blamed. These are typical period satirical humor pieces without specific political candidates or major events referenced.
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103 OBSERVATIONS. Poets: says the proverb, are born, not made, and as an extraordinary scientific fact, we note that the same thing is true of pug-dogs. * * ILLIAM O’BRIEN’S Tullamore trousers will be used as a campaign banner in the next general election. * * * RS. ANDREW LANG is as extra- ordinary a writer as her husband, if the following paragraph from her article on Richardson in the /udependent means any- thing: Dear Miss SOMERVILLE,—I was much interested in your fruitless struggle to read ‘ Sir Charles Gran- dison "—the book whose separate numbers were awaited with such impatience by Richardson's end- less lady friends. Endless lady friends! Shades of Goliah, what tall women Richardson must have cul- tivated ! * * * n A TREASURE still in the possession of 10 i the Empress Eugénie, is an umbrella, 0 SHOLOSIEAD. the handle of which is a mass of rare jewels. — > The umbrella was purchased at the cost of Gallic Tourist : 1 DO NOT SEE HOW ONE EVER LEARNS THIS ABSURD ENGLISH. no: I READ ON THE MENU OF DRINKS, “SHERREE COBBLAIR,” I FIND IN THE DIcTION- $2000. . yi ARY—A MENDER OF SHOES OF SHERRY WINE; “ SANTA CRUZ Sour,” La Sainte The Empress has not used it since her nd Croix acide; BRANDY SMASH, ‘‘ EAU DE VIE ECRASE.” Bete de langue! husband stopped feigning. is —— — = ———— to CLOSE : study of our government leads us to believe rid that Mr. Riddleberger is our legislature and John hat Boyle O'Reilly the people. has Otherwise we fail to comprehend the postponement of ven action on the British treaty. ing critic e too il of very t in what W E wish to call the attention of the police to the portrait above. The subject will at once be recognized as ed's the leader of an organized band of Englishmen, who have ae lately made this country the scene of their depredations. a Counterfeiting is their trade, and they have coined more ‘ now money in the last six months than is circulated.among the THE COURSE OF ‘TRUE (LOVE. incor- poor of London ina year. Their nefarious practices should JOSIAH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE PARENTS; BUT JOSIAH IS Q INGENIOUS, AND THE NEIGHBOR'S DOG GETS THE CREDIT OF be looked into. STEALING THE OLD MAN’S CHICKENS. comicbooks.com