Life, 1889-03-14 · page 6 of 20
Life — March 14, 1889 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 148 The page contains a section titled "The Modern Napoleon" with a satirical poem about someone (likely a political figure) who gained power through military force. The accompanying illustration shows a caricatured figure on a reclining chair or couch, possibly depicting this leader in a grandiose or compromised position. The remainder of the page consists of brief social commentary items typical of Life's satirical format, covering topics like weather (March), church politics, celebrity gossip (mentioning Mrs. Stowe and Miss Anderson), and administrative matters regarding patent medicines and the Boston Art Museum. The specific political figure referenced in "The Modern Napoleon" is unclear from context alone, though the military power-grab reference suggests commentary on contemporary political ambitions or leadership style.
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THE MODERN NAPOLEON. Y force of arms Napoleon gained Submission to his will; ‘Tis with the ledger that I fight, And with this slender quill. My art of war, my strategy 's Bookkeeping intricate ; When “experts” o'er these entries rave, T'll be outside the State! * . . ARCH having come in like a lamb, and a very damp and nasty one at that, is, of course, expected to go out like a lion, according to the old proverb. March is, perhaps, the mean- est month of the year, beingf half winter and half spring, and con-" ‘ taining the bigger part of Lent, It is windy, dirty, and rainy; it is the month when hats blow off and um- brellas turn inside out; it is the month when the diphtherial mild- _ hess of returning spring tempts one out insuf- ficiently clad, and beguiles him into pneu- monia. Little wonder that gloomy, sullen and pessimistic Aries is the emblem of the month of March, . . . THE North American Review tries to have scalping done in at least one article in each number. This month the expert is Ignatius Donelly, and the hair lifted belongs to relatives of Delia Bacon. Better put it back, Mr. Donelly. expert with the irons themselves. The Bacons are rather HE recent sermon on the Apostolic succession, by Dr. Morgan Dix, gives glorious promise of what we may expect of the Rector of Trinity, now that his Lenten fury has set in. He seems in fine form, and shows no disposi- tion to mince matters. Parties who like their's strong and hot (as many do) should drop in at old Trinity. . . . ND so Sam Randall has “ jined " the G. A. R,! Sickness has curious effects on people. Some men, after being so ill as Mr. Randall, would have contracted an intimacy with the Methodist church, But Mr. Randall's move probably aims at terrestrial, not celestial, results. Does he mean to start a new party, advocating high Pro- tection for half the people and pensions for the rest? RS. STOWE is picking up in health. Look out for the filing of aclaim by Mark Twain that it was his prescription that brought her through. Mark also claims to have saved President Smith, of Trinity, from a bishopric. . . . ~T. LOUIS calls Miss Anderson “long limbed.” Louis- ville speaks of her as “divinely tall.” A new example of the truth that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. A. FULL line of congratulations are going out to Alexander Battenberg on his escape from en- tangling alliances with royalty. To have an opera singer that one can call one's own—how much that is preferable to being attached to a princess! And opera singers are often good providers, too! . > * = OME one is trying to get the sale of patent medicines pro- hibited by statute in Ohio. Who can it be? A doctor? No; for patent medicine in the end must help the doctor's business. An under- taker? Hardly, for obvious reasons. The newspapers? Scarcely; pat- ent medicine advertises. Who then? It must be a scheme of the medicine men to get free advertising. . . . T HE inhabitants of the Boston Art Museum are greatly agitated over the report that Tony Comstock is about to visit that institution. All of the divinities have ordered blanket bath-robes, except Venus and Hermes. The former will appear in a Directoire costume of sea- green silk, and the latter, who is very much hurt by the treatment he receiyed at the German Hospital fair at the American Institute’ Hall in this city, will wear the uniform of a District Messenger boy.