Life, 1888-09-27 · page 7 of 14
Life — September 27, 1888 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 175 This page contains several short humorous anecdotes and accompanying sketches, typical of Life's satirical format. **"At New Orleans"** references the Creve Cours, apparently a notable social group whose standing was unimpeachable—a joke about social pretension. **"A Trifle Suspicious"** plays on domestic miscommunication: a wife misinterprets her husband's watch-stopping and messenger-boy signals as suspicious behavior. **"Willing to Apologize"** satirizes a waiter's refusal to take responsibility, deflecting blame onto his position. **"Things in Bad Shape"** and **"Comparative Appetites"** are brief, straightforward jokes about farming troubles and a lion's small meal portion. The sketches are crude, expressive line-drawings typical of period humor magazines. Overall, this page showcases everyday social absurdities and class-based humor rather than specific political content.
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AT NEW ORLEANS. RS, JEAN BAPTISTE: Have you ever met the Creve Cours, my dear? Mrs. PONT CHARTRAIN: Oh, yes; their standing is unimpeachable. Mr. Pont Char- train and I met them two or three Sundays ago at the Magnolia cock-fight. A TRIFLE SUSPICIOUS. R. NIGHTLEY: My watch has stopped, and I noticed the hall clock has stop- ped, too. Didn't I wind it last night? Mrs, NIGHTLEY: I don’t know, dear; I heard you send in three signals on the messen- ger-box, and the cook found a boy at the front door this morning. A POWERFUL METAL—Printer's zinc. HANGS FIRE—The gas-jet. THE UNEXPECTED. showing a Hebrew Bible): FUNNY WAY THEY SG AT THE BACK! OpDY DO THAT? WILLING TO APOLOGIZE. UEST (at an evening party, to beautiful young man): You may order me an ice, waiter, SUPPOSED WAITER (fercely): Sir! a mistake demands an apology, sir! GUEST (covered with confusion): Why, of course it does. Where dy'e suppose I can find the waiter ? I'm no waiter, sir, and such THINGS IN BAD SHAPE. ITIZEN (to Farmer Hayseed): How's things up on the farm, Mr. Hayseed ? FARMER HAYSEED: Dinged bad. My wife is down sick, an’ two of my hosses has got heaves. I'm lookin’ fer a good hoss doctor. COMPARATIVE APPETITES. ERY STOUT OLD LADY (watching the lions fed): ‘Pears to me, Mister, that ain't a very big piece o' meat fer sech an animal. ATTENDANT (with the greatest and most stupendous show of polite- ness on earth): 1 s'pose it does seem like a small piece of meat to you, ma’‘am, but it’s enough for the lion. comicbooks.com