Life, 1889-06-13 · page 11 of 16
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# "An Attempt at Rescue" - Life Magazine Satire The cartoon depicts a domestic scene where a woman reads a book titled "The Influence of the Salmon in Politics" while her husband tries to engage her attention. The satire mocks intellectual pretension and marital disconnect: the wife is so absorbed in an absurdly obscure scholarly topic that she ignores her husband's attempts at conversation, dismissing his concerns as "business" matters. The humor lies in the contrast between the wife's claimed intellectual pursuits (a deliberately ridiculous book topic) and her avoidance of actual domestic communication. The caption "An Attempt at Rescue" suggests the husband's futile effort to reconnect with his distracted spouse, satirizing both affected intellectualism and the communication breakdown in marriages of the era.
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- LIFE: HE gentlemen who were responsible for the condition of the Conemaugh dam seem to talk about it with as much complacency as they would of a railway accident in Russia, As their feet were not even wet, why should they worry ? Their object in taking the risk was to save money, and yet there seems to be a prevailing opinion, and a very sound one, that the summary punishment at Johnstown of those who were caught robbing the dead was the best possible thing that could have been done under the circumstances. But let us not be too hard upon those who took the risk of submerging the towns and drowning a few thousand people. . . * ARROTS, though tough, are eaten in Mexico.—Philadel- phia News. Mf there is ever a famine in Mexico, we shall have a suggestion to make with regard to New York's contri- bution to the sufferers, . * * R. AGNEW says a healthy woman can kill herself in about a year horseback riding. In some minds this will raise the question, Which is cheaper, a divorce or a year's keep of a saddle-horse ? . * * HE New York /ost says that the credit system of the whole country depends largely on the information which comes over the tickers. We have noticed difficulties in the credit system in places displaying the sign, ‘* No tick here.” APPLYING IT GENTLY. Kind Lady: Here's A PAIR OF TROUSERS MY SON WORE AT COLLEGE. YOU CAN HAVE THEM, Tramp (sadly): MADAME, I'M ONLY A TRAMP, BUT I HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR THE COMMUNITIES THROUGH WHICH I TRAVEL, I SHOULDN'T WANT TO AROUSE THE PEOPLE FROM THEIR SLUMBER IF I SHOULD HAPPEN TO. PASS THROUGH A VILLAGE AT NIGHT. AN ATTEMPT AT RESCUE. He (soon to sail): 1 SMALL HAVE COMFORTABLE NIGHTS ANYWAY, I AM TO BE IN THE AFT SALOON, She (who has been reading “* The Influence of the Saloon in Politics”): On, JouN! REMEMBER, FOR MY SAKE, THIS IS A BUSINESS TRIP, ss EALIN’ in futures remarked Patrick, as he handed the priest $100 towards a Family Mass, RS. A. (continuing the discussion): And, pray what age were you, Major B., when you were married ? Major B.: Really, my dear madam, I do not remember > with any exactness, but I cer- tainly had not yet reached the age of discretion. EV. PRIMROSE: There is always room at the top, my young friend. LITTLE JOHNNIE: Yes, sir. In your case there is room for hair. HOPE FOR THE HUMBLEST. IFTEEN years ago a Missouri boy left his home and started out to become the President of the United States. He got as far as Cincinnati. The boy is now a man, and he is also one of the best shoemakers in the-Ohio State Prison. Te spirit of the Zimes seems to have been drawn from its Pigott. comicbooks.com