Life, 1889-09-26 · page 6 of 16
Life — September 26, 1889 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 174 This page contains a sketch depicting a departure scene titled "He Was Going Far Away." The dialogue shows a man (Mr. Mushy) leaving Miss Gillyflower, with exchanges about writing letters and collecting postage stamps for Patagonian relief efforts—a clear reference to a contemporary charitable cause. The main illustration satirizes sentimental Victorian-era farewells and romantic letter-writing conventions. The humor lies in the juxtaposition of romantic sentiment with the mundane detail about stamp collecting for charity, deflating the emotional drama of the goodbye. Below is an advertisement for the "Fresh Air Fund," which provided country outings for city children—a legitimate charitable organization that Life's readers would recognize as worthy. The page also advertises new books, functioning primarily as a mixed editorial and advertising spread typical of early 20th-century magazines.
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HE WAS GOING FAR AWAY. “Goop-nye, Miss GILLYFLOWER, I AM GOING FAR AWAY—I WILL NOT RETURN,” “BUT YOU WILL WRITE TO ME OFTEN, Wos'T You, Mr, Musny. “Oh, may I! 1 DID NOT DARE TO ASK—ON, Miss GILLYFLoWER! YOUR FEELINGS TOWARD ME MUST HAVE CHANGED THAT YOU PERMIT ITI” . “On, NO. YOU SEE SOME OF US GIRLS ARE TO HAVE A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PATAGONIANS IF WE COLLECT A MILLION POSTAGE STAMPS, AND EVERY ONE WILL HELP, YOU KNOW,” IR Proceeds of a Fair gotten up InHisName. 2. 4.00 OUR , by the ladies of Brooklyn, “From Daley and Dory,” the Conn., “toe the Fresh Air proceeds of a Fairs. 5.75 FRESH AIR : faa iyiae tan EB FUND " Freddy's Penny Bank.” . ‘1-00 Tol. 5 1. $8:249:16 DROPERTY OWNER (0 organ-grinder): V'll give you five cents if you'll stop playing and clear out. ORGAN-GRINDER (séréking up “* Sweet Violets"): Ten centa for brown stone fronta. NEW B800KS HATA AND CHINITA, A govel. By Louise Palmer Heaven, Bos- ton: Roberts Brothers, been heralded by the policeman on the block changing his grey helmet French and English. A comparison, By Philip Gilbert Hammerton. for a black one and by the earlier lighting of the kerosene lamp, Boston: Roberts Brothers, Those who are witnessing the change that is now going on at the Strength. How to Get Strong and Keep Strong. By Richard A. Proctor. village will come back to tell of it to incredulous auditors who know ‘onsen and New York: Loagmans, Green Company. pete }EDACE fo.ter TES MOUS AUCHOE WOO ENS! Little Maids, By Miss F. Brundage. New York: E. P, Dutton & Com- the village only as.a place of perpetual sunshine, pany. Previously acknowledged $8,037.50 For the Fresh Air Fund,"A.B. 4.00 An Eerie Heand Ske, By Alan Dale, New York: G. W. Dillingham. From Bo JeH. o's 5" Seo 1 For Anna's Sake + 19.00 The Sate of Mrs. Adrat. By F. H. Costellow. New York: G. W. Dil- Erastus €. Brooks." . ” . aso Dr. J. W. Pinkham." . ” . 7.30 lingham, Before After Checks for Fresh Air Fund should be drawn to the order of Lirt. FAtuns leaves and whistling winds are the latest arrivals at Live's VILLAGE. Some of our guests are not sufficiently ac- quainted with the country to know that these arrivals mean an end to summer pleasures, and picture our village as a place where it is always summer, In their brief experience the change of season has hitherto hin - comicbooks.com