Life, 1888-10-25 · page 7 of 14
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 231 **Main Cartoon**: Shows an older woman at a cashier's desk with three young nieces, illustrating the joke "Just the Same." Old Jenkins remarks that "Girls are just the same" after receiving $2.85 change from a $20 bill—a commentary on women's supposed indifference to financial details or carelessness with money. The satire reflects early 20th-century gender stereotypes portraying women as frivolous spenders. **Lower Section**: Contains two brief humorous anecdotes—one about a proud father comparing his baby to another man, and another about "Uncle Sam" as a refuge for unhappy maidens seeking false romantic promises. The page exemplifies Life's satirical approach to contemporary social observations and gender relations of the era.
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231 JUST THE SAME. LD JENKINS hap- pened to meet his three young nieces, and asked them to have a little refreshment. “Girls are just the same,” said the old man, as he stood at the cashier's desk and picked up $2.85 out of a $20 bill, “very lutle change!" A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK. oe HERE, Jones,” exclaimed a proud young fellow, ‘is a baby as is a baby! Don’t you think he looks like me?” Just then a pin gets in its work, and the baby howls dismally. “Well, yes," replied Jones, critically, “1 think there is a resemblance.” NCLE SAM seems to be the refuge of all unhappy maidens. They are always willing to take his greenback promises as a balm for Mother : Weir, BESSIE, WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR DINNER AT AUNTIE'S? the other fellow's breach- Bessie (who has seen a New England boiled dinner for the first time): SW. of-promise. NEW BOOKS - LORD HOPE'S CHOICE. By Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, The Western Wanderer, By Richard P, Parrish, New York: Wm, L. Allison. Stories from the Italian Poets, Vols. 1. and I, New York and Loadoa: G. P. Putnam's Soas, Hygiene of the Nursery. By Louis Starr, M.D. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co, A Man Story. By E.W. Howe. Boston: Ticknor & Co, Felix Mendelssohn's Letters, By Felix Moscheles. Boston: Ticknor & Co. A Modern Don Juan, NewYork: The Minerva Publishing Co. The Tariff in a Nutshell, By D, Webuer Groh. Chicago, New York and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke & Co. Nana's Brother. By Emile Zola. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Two Little Confederates, By Thomas Nelson Page. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Poems of Pleasure, By Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Cl New York and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke & Co. That Girl from Texas. By Jeanette H. Walworth. Chicago, New York and San Fra : Belford, Clarke & Co. Kisses of Fate. By Edward Heroo-Allea. Chicago, New York and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke & Co. Doctor Ben. By Orlando Witherspoon. Boston: Ticknor & Co. GETTING THINGS MIXED. AGISTRATE (adbsent-mindedly, to prisoner): Stand up! You hereby solemnly declare, in the presence of these witnesses, that you will love, cherish and protect this woman until death do you part. PRISONER (badly frightened): Wha-what's that, yer Honor? MILWAUKEE PRE- MAGISTRATE (rousing Aimself):; Oh, I beg pardon! it’s ten dollars or thirty days. FERRED. comicbooks.com