Life, 1888-06-07 · page 7 of 16
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# Life Magazine Page 323 - Analysis This page contains several satirical vignettes typical of Life magazine's humor: **"Relief and Not Prevention"** mocks proposed marriage legislation. The joke contrasts a man advocating laws to prevent violent-tempered marriages with a woman noting temperament only becomes apparent after marriage—making prevention impossible. The satire targets legislative overreach on personal matters. **"At the Club"** depicts a visitor surprised to learn a member was recently kicked out and later rejoined. The humor stems from the contradiction: he inherited wealth, making the association simultaneously reject and accept him—satirizing how money overrides principle in exclusive clubs. The remaining pieces are shorter humorous anecdotes and a dialogue about champagne. The overall page reflects early-20th-century satirical commentary on class, marriage, and social hypocrisy among the affluent.
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> LIFE: Lincoln” (Putnam), told in excellent taste by Noah Brooks. The life of such a man sweeps away the cobwebs of romance, and lets in the light of the stars. Droch. NEW BOOKS - rAY AND JUNE, By Edward R. Roe, Chicago: Laird & Lee. Mrs, Lord’s Moonstone. By Charles Stokes Wayne. Philadelphia: Wynn & Wayne. The Residuary Legatee. By F. J. Stimson. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, The King of Folly Island. By Sarah Orne Jewett. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. RELIEF AND NOT PREVENTION. «¢ JT NOTICE, Mr. Dusenberry, that an enactment is advocated to prohibit the marriage of persons with violent tempers. I—” “Nonsense, my dear! Violent tempers are not discovered until after marriage. An enactment is wanted that will grant immediate relief by divorce.” RS. PARAFINE VENEERING: My dear, I think you ought to see about getting a coat-of-arms at once. MR. PARAFINE VENEERING: way down town this morning. All right ; I'll stop ata tailor’s on my AT THE CLUB. Visitor: 1 THOUGHT CAMPERDOWN WAS A MEMBER HERE. Member ; OH, HE WAS—BUT WE KICKED HIM OUT, DON'T YOU KNOW, V.: KICKED HIM OUT? WHAT WAS THE TROUBLE? M.: No TROUBLE THAT I KNOW OF; BUT HE FELL HEIR TO A MILLION, SAID THE ASSOCIATION WITH CADS WAS KILLING HIM, AND JOINED THE UNION LEAGUE ALL IN ONE WEEK. WE COULD NOT STAND THAT, YOU KNOW! “Ha, HA! I'LL caTCH A Mouse!” ‘“BEG PARDON, BUT DID I HEAR MY NAME MENTIONED?” THE MAIDEN’S REPLY. WAS from Boston and she from the West, She sat with her beautiful head on my breast, I loved her! To-morrow I knew we must part, And in Browning’s own words I poured out my heart : “Let it be now, love! All my soul breaks forth— How I do love you! Give my love its way ! A man can have but one life and one death, One heaven, one hell. Let meefulfil my fate— Grant me my heaven now ! Let me know you mine, Prove you mine, write my name upon your brow, Hold you and have you, and then die away, If God please, with completion in my soul!” I felt her arms round my neck entwine, Her limpid eyes looked up into mine ; I waited her answer so soft and low: “ Say it again, and say it slow E.B.B. A WISE SUGGESTION. 66 KNOW I've got a vein of poetry in me, sir,” confidentially asserted the young man to the editor, “and all I want is a chance to bring it out. What would you suggest, sir?” “I think you had better see a doctor and have it lanced.” THE FINEST BRAND OF ALL. USTOMER (‘o wazter): Small bottle champagne, waiter. WAITER: Yes, sir. Do you like a dry or a rich champagne, sir? CUSTOMER (earnestly): I say, waiter, bring me a bottle rich enough to pay for itself.