Life, 1889-04-18 · page 3 of 21
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page (Volume XIII, Number 329) The main cartoon, titled "In For It," depicts a social scene where a man in formal dress has apparently asked Miss Autumn to dance. The caption reveals he's exhausted ("stuck" for the last half-hour) and seeks an excuse to rest. Below are three brief satirical pieces: **"A Bulky Investment"** mocks a farmer's wife for carrying excessive bundled clothing, questioning the practical value of such burdensome transport. **"Time Brings Wisdom"** presents a cynical exchange about a ten-dollar loan, suggesting that experience teaches distrust of borrowers. **"The Young Idea"** offers a philosophical observation that youthful learning can be dangerously incomplete. The page satirizes social pretense, financial relationships, and intellectual overconfidence common to the era.
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VOLUME XIII. NUMBER in the TERS IN FOR IT, Mr, Bloomingdale Ward (desperately, after being **stuck" for the last half-hour): ER—WIA. YOU EXCUSE ME, Miss AUTUMN ? Miss Autumn (slightly deaf): WATW PLEASURE! WHat 1s 1t, 4 WALTZ? * A BULKY INVESTMENT. TIME BRINGS WISDOM. RS. OATCAKE (¢0 her husband, returning from the ACK BORROWIT (furéously): To think of it! There's i city): Good Gracious, Abner! Why are ye carryin’ J Twitchell, my friend of five years, refused me a paltry all your clothes in that bundle, ‘stead of the valise ? ten-dollar loan this morning. FARMER OATCAKE: Well, Matildy, you wanted me to LAMBREQUIN ; Maybe that’s because he’s known you five git one o° those New York Sunday papers, and, b’ gosh, — years, Jack. that’s all the grip would hold ! : T is when the Young Idea first begins to shoot that a SEE in the papers,” remarked the Englishman, “the little learning is a dangerous thing. words, ‘Hamburg Edging,’ but not a word to show - - - what Hamburg had bet on.” Ea* rer comes on Sunday this year. x3 comicbooks.com