Life, 1888-04-26 · page 5 of 18
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 235 This page contains satirical humor pieces and illustrated jokes typical of early 20th-century American magazines. **"Entirely Blameless"** depicts a generational conflict: a young man defends himself against an older father's accusations of financial irresponsibility, claiming fault lies with his father's provision. **"Change of Diet"** features a sea captain and sailor joking about surviving on ship's biscuit—playing on the period's maritime hardship humor. **"Books That Have Helped Us"** uses cartoon illustrations to mock popular self-help and reference books (Bank Book, Bible, Encyclopedia, etc.)—satirizing the era's faith in books as solutions. The lower sections include brief humorous anecdotes and the beginning of a serial novel. The overall tone reflects early 1900s genteel American humor aimed at educated readers.
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> LIFE: ENTIRELY BLAME- BOOKS THAT HAVE HELPED US. LESS. (i LD MAN (to rapid son): The way you go on, young man, is outrageous! When I was of your age, I hadn’t a rich father to supply me with money and pay my debts. KaPID SON: You ought not to be impa- tient, father. It’s no fault of mine that I have. CHANGE OF DIET. EA CAPTAIN (fo shipwrecked sailor, on raft): Ahoy, there! SAILOR (feedly): Ahoy, ahoy! SEA CAPTAIN: Are you the only one left? SAILOR: Aye, aye, sir, I finished the last of Bill yesterday. SEA CAPTAIN: Shiver my timbers, man! You've got ship biscuit enough there to last a month! SAILOR: Aye, aye, sir; but a man gets tired of eatin’ nothin’ but ship biscuit. T is proposed, as an effectual way of dis- posing of the surplus, that the Government buy up the unsold copies of all papers having “the great- est circulation in the United States.” THE PEERAGE.—C. W. F. TERRIBLY BROKEN. “ A» are you really so badly broke, my friend?” he said, as he tendered the tramp a penny. “Broke?” was the bitter response. ‘I’m as badly broke as the ten commandments.” ET us give woman her due. She is a great spoke-in- the-wheel, there’s no doubt about it ! But so is Man. THE BOOK OF ETIQUETTE. THE FLY BOOK. * Note by the Editor.—We are unable to discover whether this is the Rev. M—g—n D—x, or, Mr. An—t—y C—ms—k. THE DEAD OR THE QUICK. A COMPLETE NOVEL AFTER AMELIE RIVES. BuizzarD I. ISS BARBARITY POMPADOUR returned to her old Virginia home on a dark, tempestuous night, which had been specially selected for her by the author, so that she could drive through the soughing rain, and allow the ragged trees to brush her face as she dashed onward in the gloom. When she reached Rosemarry, her aunt rushed into her arms, kissed her, and then disappeared from the story. comicbooks.com