Life, 1889-05-16 · page 11 of 18
Life — May 16, 1889 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# "The Reformed Club" Page Analysis This page contains two distinct elements: **Upper Section:** A satirical questionnaire titled "The Reformed Club," proposing a new organization called The Reformed Club (to avoid clashing with an existing London society). It presents ironic questions for prospective members about their financial honesty, literary influences, and personal conduct—questions designed to reveal hypocrisy among the wealthy and educated classes. **Lower Section:** An allegorical engraving titled "The Finding of Moses," from the magazine's collection of old prints. It depicts the biblical scene where Pharaoh's daughter discovers the infant Moses, rendered in classical artistic style with elaborate period costume and landscape. The juxtaposition suggests the magazine used historical artwork to provide visual interest alongside satirical social commentary about contemporary society and morality.
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‘LIFE: If you were President, Honesty ? What is your opinion about art? How much money have you expended to back it? 289 THE REFORMED CLUB. what would your policy be? ECRECY is to be observed con- cerning the following questions, which were obtained from advance sheets of the constitution and by-laws of a club which is to be formed when the Canadian Extradition Law has become 4 an accomplished fact. What authors have influ- enced you? Locke, or Steele? What books have you influ- enced? Cash books, ledgers, or a complete set ? Were you ever able to make your private check book agree with your bank balance? How much did it cost you tozdo it? Is a midnight policeman a study in still life? What have you done with your children? What have they done for you? Do you go abroad for the summer ? How do you manage to do it? How do you account for the influence of the bar in politics ? What is the origin of the quotation, “Delenda est Chicago?” The name of this organization will be The Reformed Club, in order that it may not clash with the title of an obscure political society in London. John James Meehan. ED, White, and very Blue—The girl who compares her sun-burned nose with her fair forehead, 1 Bae OSSIFIED NAN. FROM OUR COLLECTION OF OLD PRINTS. THE FINDING OF MosEs,