Life, 1888-08-23 · page 3 of 14
Life — August 23, 1888 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 101 This page contains several short humorous sketches typical of Life's satirical style: **"The Summer After"** — A romantic poem about reuniting with a lost love at a beach, discovering she's become a maid to someone named Rosalie. **"Must Be Careful of His English"** — A Boston lady instructs a boy to avoid saying "slogger not slugger" when discussing prize-fighting, reflecting period anxieties about proper American English. **"Unjust Suspicions"** — A wife suspects her husband of attending horse races when he's late for dinner. **"Losing His Popularity"** — A joke about Shakespeare's declining fame, attributed to a barn-stormer. **"A Veteran"** — An old soldier boasts about his military service. These are gentle, domestic humor sketches typical of early 20th-century magazine satire, targeting social pretensions and marital misunderstandings rather than political issues.
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THE SUMMER AFTER. STOOD once more on the dear old beach Where we'd parted the year before, And sitting there in the self-same spot I saw my love once more. The dress she wore was the one I loved, A simple gown of white, And I asked myself, ‘When she put it on, Did she know I would come to-night?” The moon shone bright as I closer drew, And knelt at her feet on the sand, Where I told her how I had loved her long, And I ventured to take her hand. With a silvery laugh she raised her head, And then, oh, horrible shoc! I saw that ‘twas only Rosalie’s maid In Rosalie’s last year's frock ! Cornelia Redmond. ¥ 7 MUST BE CAREFUL OF HIS ~ ENGLISH. CONSIDERATE. = } OW, Waldo,” said a Boston lady, “the minister is to dine with us to- day, and I want you to be a good little boy.” “Yes, Mamma.” “And if the subject of prize-fighting is intro- And then they all had $3.00 from Live, went into the country for a fort- duced at the table, you must be sure and say night, gave up smoking and grew fat. slogger not slugger.” “GIv" US A PULL, Wi you?” “I wouLD po IT, BiLt—you Kxow I WoULp, BUT I'M AFRAID IT's TOO STRONG FOR YOU, AND IT'D STUNT YOUR GROWTH.” UNJUST SUSPICIONS. BERT,” said his wife, suspi- {D0 JR ciously, “where have you 4 “= been? You're late to dinner.” ‘ “T've been assisting in an _ humble way, my dear, toward 1 improving the breed of horses.” i > “Oh, I was afraid you were r, at the races.” € - *: LOSING HIS POPULARITY. RIEND (0 eminent barn-stormer): How did you tr make out on your recent trip, Cholmondeley ? is EMINENT BARN-STORMER: I played to poor business to everywhere. I tell you, old man, Shakespeare is losing his Uys ot. of A VETERAN. on. “6 ES, boys,” said old Bellows, proudly beating his ere. ? breast, “ I've been a soldier in my time, and, if I do MADE THAT HIMSELF. n= say it myself, like the war-horse of Scripture, I could ever wor wi . ” the battle from afar.” "WHERE DID YOUNG BROWNE GET HIS MONEY, PAPA? ed scent aa “FROM 11S UNCLE, OLD SAM BROWN, HE INHERITED EVERY: e' “TI s'pose,” ventured young Paperwate, “that on very y 4 P' ry THING HE HAS nany occasions that saved your life?" NAME.” IN THIS WORLD, RPT THE FINAL ‘E' TO MIS comicbooks.com