Life, 1889-08-22 · page 11 of 16
Life — August 22, 1889 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation of Life Magazine Page 109 This page contains several satirical cartoons and brief stories typical of early 20th-century American humor: **"The Supreme Moment"** (top left): A sketch mocking overly dramatic farewell speeches, likely satirizing theatrical sentimentality. **"What profited it to a man if he maketh a three bagger and dieth on third base?"** (center): A baseball joke comparing biblical phrasing with sports failure—hitting successfully but failing to score. **"The Fairy Prince" / "The Spirit of Light"** (bottom left): A society satire about wealthy women's extravagant clothing at theatrical events, questioning why audiences attend to see fashions rather than performances. **"Time 2:20 A.M."** (right): A darkly comic scenario about a drugstore clerk's panicked late-night customer seeking an address, suggesting morally questionable desperation. **"Augustus" segment** (bottom): A brief narrative about marital discord regarding a woman's purported "common cold."
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THE SUPREME MOMENT. “ ADELGITHA, KIN YER TELL WHY I ARSKED YER TER ACCOM- PERNY ME TER THIS SICKKLUDED sPpoT?—NO YER KINNOT. I WILL TELL YER WHY--IT WUZ TO BREATHE INTER YER EAR THE LARST SAD SHRIEK OF A DISPAIRIN' SOUL, TER WISPER ONE FOND DESOLIT FAREWELL, AN’ THEN TER HURL MERSELF TER DISTRUC- TION, I AIN'T GOT NOTHIN’ TER LIVE FUR SINCE YER WENT BACK ON TO ME FUR THER BUTCHER'S BOY, AN’ AM PERPARED FUR THER WUST. SHOULD I EXCAPE INSTUNT ‘H OWHEN | LEAP FROM HE I HAVE PURVIDED MERSELF WITH A DEADLY POISON.” HAT profiteth it to a man if he maketh a three bagger and dieth on third base? TIME 2.30 A.M. Druggist ; WELL, WHAT 18 IT; 13 IT A CASE OF EXTREME NECESSITY ? Caller; [—WiC—SHOULD THINK—SHO, WoULb you —HIc— PLEASE LET ME LOOK AT—HIC—YOUR DIRECTORY "TILL I—HIC— FIND OUT WHERE I Live? iSTUS,” said Mrs. Henpeck, severely, “I see a woman down in New Jersey has been convicted of being a common scold. I should like to see any brute of a man try that on me!" The Fairy Prince: \8¥'T 17 NOT? “But you are no common scold, Maria." responded Mr. The Spirit of Light: \sw't 17? But THINK OF THE Poor Henpeck, with a sigh. And Mrs. Henpeck is still wondering WOMEN IN THE AUDIENCE WITH ALL THEIR CLOTHES ON! whar he meant. comicbooks.com