Life, 1888-09-06 · page 5 of 14
Life — September 6, 1888 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This page contains two distinct sections: **"A Reasonable Time"** (top): A romantic illustration showing a couple by water with reeds. The dialogue concerns a man (George) asking a woman for time to reconsider their relationship. She offers "a year's time," but he requests only "five minutes," suggesting he's already decided. This appears to be a sentimental romantic vignette rather than satire. **"Yachting News"** (middle): Gossip items about wealthy Americans' yachts and their owners—millionaires like Romeo Smith, Reginald Jones, and Mercutio Nibbs. The items report yacht purchases, launches, and modifications. This is straightforward society reporting. **"A Deserved Rebuke"** (bottom right): A brief humorous exchange where "Rollo" is mocked for his pretentious speech patterns, suggesting satirical commentary on affected upper-class affectation.
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A REASONABLE TIME. “You MUST GIVE ME TIME, GEORGE, TO THINK IT OVER. IT IS ALL SO STRANGE, SO UNEXPECTED,” “TWILL GIVE YOU A YEAR'S TIME IF YOU WiIsH IT, My LOVE FOR YOU IS GREAT ENOUGH TO BEAR THAT STRAIN, “Ou, 1 DON'T WANT A YEAR—GIVE ME YACHTING NEWS. THE ocean yacht, Prodigal Son, owned by Mr. Romeo Smith, the millionaire, touched at Whitestone last night for cigars and whiskey. Mr. REGINALD Jones, the wealthy broker, has sold his yacht, Aforfgage-on-the-Sea, to Mr. Percy Okay for $20,000—$100 cash, and the balance in notes. Iv is expected that the yacht Daisy, built for Mr. Mercutio Nibbs, will be launched on Wednesday. She is named in honor of Mrs, Nibbs’s mother. Mrs. Nibbs's mother is very rich. A TELEGRAM from the Island of Borneo reports the arrival there, on the 29th inst., of the yacht Hearmenorma, with the owner, Colonel Pepper Salt, N. Y. Y. C., and party on board, six years from the Suez Canal. All well, Colonel Salt is a millionaire on his wife's side. Commovore Fresu is cruising on the Sound in his fine yacht Extradry. There is talk about a race between the Extradry and the Pink Label, owned by Mr. Bertie Dusen- berrie. Commodore Fresh and Mr. Dusenberrie inherited a million each when they were A DESERVED REBUKE. born, “Why, RoLto, I'se 'srrisep, Dos’t We learn that the steam-yacht Cyclone, Mr. John LeRoy Stuyvesant Mulcahey owner, YER KNOW IT'S WERRY WICKED TER KILL has a new rudder, and, also, has been painted red. Mr. Mulcahey is ason of Mr. Van Reps- CHICKUNS: WHAT YER S'POSE IS GWINEN saler Mulcahey, the millionaire. TER BECOME OF YER?” comicbooks.com