Life, 1889-07-11 · page 10 of 16
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# Life Magazine Page 24 Analysis This page contains several humor pieces typical of early 20th-century *Life* magazine satire: **"Galatea"** is a poem about awakening to life, illustrated with a domestic scene of children and adults. **"Rev. Dr. Thirdly"** mocks a clergyman for charging excessive fees while citing scripture about physician's payment—satire on hypocritical clergy profiting from religious authority. **"An Important Distinction"** jokes about a woman suggesting her sister marry a suitor "in the next degree," implying marriage to a cousin instead—playing on contemporary attitudes toward proper social matching. **"The Facts in the Case of Laocoon"** references the classical Trojan priest, humorously reframing his legendary suffering as merely expressing political sentiments a gentleman wouldn't voice aloud—satire on social propriety and class-based speech restrictions. The illustration of a man studying chess appears unrelated to the surrounding text, likely advertising chess instruction or entertainment.
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GALATEA, ROSE of life, from marble goddess born, Fair rose, new-blooming into mortal sight, At Love's command awakened into light, As flush of dawn from portals of the morn. Electing thus to be of kindred part In griefs and ills of veined humanity ; In liew of calm, insensate destiny, The love and passion of a woman's heart; Foregoing all to be of carnal breath— Foreknowing not the will of gods unkind ; By swift decree the sculptor's eyes are blind. Back, back, sweet spirit, to thy marble death! Nor wander earthward into mortal life, Lest thou by chance should meet I’ygmalion’s wife. SMALL boy began his regular prayer in his regular way: “ Now—I—lay—me "— and then he stuck fast. “ Down,” said his mother, prompting. Where- upon Johnny started again with great alacrity and fluen “Down came a black-bird and nipped off her nose.” (The young lady on the right has just been giving an account of what she had to eat at the Sunday-school picnic.) EV. DR. THIRDLY: Is not your bill or hig’ gnose ? rather high, Dr. Diagnose Emly (the young lady in the centre): OM, JENNIE, DO TELL US ABOUT THE Dr. DiAGNOsE: Yes; but I have Scriptural cnickixc sacap acin! authority for making it high, and you, as a re —— clergyman, should not object. IN THE ADIRONDACKS. “ Ah, | am not aware of such authority.” es OU'RE the most cowardly creature I ever met,” sneered the dog “TI will recall the passage to you. It reads: to the flying deer. ‘Physician, heel thyself. “True,” was the reply, “ but I always die game.” AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. HE tramp who begs for a drink natur- ally puts on a rye face. HE said, without a single sigh ge . And hardly hesitation, (eo) That ‘*she would be my sister—aye! Or any fond relation.” I answered cunningly, ‘Ah, me! I've sisters by the dozen, Please make it in the next degree, For one can wed a cousin.” Tom Hall. THE FACTS IN THE CASE - OF LAOCOON. HE Trojans were bringing the wooden horse containing the Greeks into Troy. = , - = Laocoon, as you remember, protested strongly RAGS against this, saying that his sentiments ‘vere a kas een ’catae verbs gentleman what he would do if he “.e gentle- looked for.—Daily Paper. comicbooks.com