Life, 1889-03-14 · page 5 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 147 The page contains three distinct elements: 1. **"Tempora Mutantur"** - A romantic poem by W.B. McVickar addressed to "Phyllis," nostalgically contrasting youthful love with aging ("My beard and hair are grizzled"). The accompanying portrait shows a young woman in fashionable dress. 2. **"Not a Sufferer"** - A dialogue between two men (one in plaid, one in dark coat) mocking American customs duties. A Lord Champlain complains that Americans impose heavy tariffs on luxury goods while allowing practical items to enter freely. The "Native" responds sarcastically, questioning his complaint. 3. **"The Latest in Directory Costume"** - A cartoon showing a woman laden with advertising boxes and stickers, satirizing how directory advertisements have become so ubiquitous they resemble actual clothing or costume.
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> EIF'E : “TEMPORA MUTANTUR.” And you were fairer than the flowers That loved to grow around you, A thing to gaze upon for hours— To dream about, I found you; But when I begged for childhood’s kiss You laughed in playful banter, As though it were conclusion, this: /HEN you were five and I was seven, We loved each other dearly ; We kissed—it was a childish heaven To play at lovers merely ! Full fifteen years and more had sped (How fast the twelvemonths canter !) No longer we at lovers played, Ah, ‘‘lempora mutantur 1” “Ah, ‘tempora mutantur! ‘The times are changed, yes, Phyllis, very : My beard and hair are grizzled ; 'Tis sad to wait for Charon’s ferry And think how life has “fizzled The times do change, and so do we, But I still love you, Phyllis ; And times may change with you and me, So love don’t change “in illis.” W. B, MeVickar. NOT A SUFFERER. Lord Chumpliegh: AND THEN YOUAH—ER—CUSTOM HOUSE YOU—ER—SMART AMERICANS. UTILITY, WHILE DUTIES AW SO DOOCEDLY ABSURD. CHAWGE HEAVILY FAW AWTICLES OF WEAL THINGS OF MEAH LUXURY AND NO ACTUAL USE YOU—ER—PERMIT TO ENTAH YOUAH COUNTRY FWEE, Native: THEN WHAT ARE you KICKING aT? THE LATEST IN DIRECTORY COSTUME. comicbooks.com