Life, 1888-03-15 · page 3 of 16
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 147 This page contains three satirical sections: **"At Devil's Gulch"** depicts what appears to be a Western saloon scene where rough characters discuss illegal activities (horse-thievery, gambling, whiskey). The joke seems to mock the hypocrisy of such criminals lecturing others about morality and proper behavior—specifically about respecting citizens' rights while engaged in crime themselves. **"The Boston Boy"** humorously presents a youth asking his mother if his legs will become "cows" when he grows up—apparently a child's misunderstanding of some adult conversation. **"Quarreling with His Food"** shows a countryman complaining to a waiter about "blanc mange" (a bland dessert), calling it "blanketly blank mange" in humorous frustration. **"Deciphering Copy"** depicts office workers struggling to read unclear correspondence, poking fun at communication difficulties in publishing.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS. RETIRED silk hat, with hand-painted flowers entwined about the crown and bows artistically placed along the rim, makes an elegant card-receiver or waste-basket. * * * ON’T work your fur- nace too hard. Let it have a day out whenever the weather moderates. * * * EVER give your dog meat more than once aday. A dog that is fed on meat oftener than this is apt to go mad—with joy. * * * EVER permit the children to throw banana-peels on the front steps. A lady in Washing- ton who failed to observe this rule had the humilia- tion of seeing a book-agent fall upon the top step of AT DEVIL'S GULCH. her brown-stone mansion, cae 7 Wildcat Jack : NOW, LOOK-A-HERE, PARSON, IF YOU WANT TO PITCH INTO HOSS-THIEVES AND CLAIM- hitting his head with such jyypers AND SICH, IT's ALL RIGHT; BUT WE FELLERS HAVE RESOLUTED THAT WHEN YOU TACKLE force as to break the step. | WHISKEY AND POKER AS YOU DID LAST SUNDAY, YOU’RE BREAKIN’ INTO THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZEN. THE BOSTON BOY. SMALL youth, residing at the Hub, while in search of knowledge a few days since asked his mother: “Ma, when I grow up, will the calves of my legs become cows?” QUARRELING WITH HIS FOOD. OUNTRYMAN (at dessert): What d’ye call this stuff, waiter ? Walter: Blanc mange, sir. COUNTRYMAN: I should say it was blank mange; it’s blankety blank mange. Take away your mange and gim- me pie. DECIPHERING COPY. ESTERN EDITOR (Co assistant): There are several words in this European correspondence that I am unable to make out. See what you can do. ASSISTANT (after a vain effort): They are all Greek to me. WESTERN EDITOR (fo office boy): James; ask the European correspondent to . step here a moment. MOVEMENTS IN HIGH LIFE. comicbooks.com