Life, 1889-10-03 · page 6 of 18
Life — October 3, 1889 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Page 188: Life Magazine Satire Analysis **Main Visual Content:** The large illustration shows two figures in Victorian dress—a woman standing and a man seated—in what appears to be a domestic scene. The caption beneath reads: "Clara, that horrid Mr. Slick has just left. I do think he has a lying tongue!" / "I shouldn't be surprised. I know he has false teeth." **The Satire:** This joke plays on a double meaning: "lying tongue" (speaking falsely) versus literal false teeth. The humor derives from deliberately misinterpreting the wife's complaint—taking her figurative accusation literally. This reflects Victorian-era satirical humor that relied on wordplay and misunderstandings. The remaining page content includes miscellaneous jokes, book advertisements, and a "Fresh Air Fund" section—typical Life magazine filler material from this period.
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LIFE “CLARA, THAT HORRID MR, SLICK HAS JUST LEFT. ME HAS A LYING TONGUE?” “L SHOULDN'T RE SURPRISED, I bo THINK MISUNDERSTOOD. “TRAVELER (from Kentucky) : drink here? Lapy OF THE House: Certainly; there's the well. TRAVELER (wrth a courtly gesture): Madam, you mis- understand me. I don’t wish to wash my hands; I want a drink, Madam, can I get a OSES EPSTEIN (40 Prosecuting Attorney): Vat! you ain't ter goin’ ter put dot Ikey Openheimer on der vitness stand, are yer? PROSECUTING ATTORNEY able witness. MosEs Epstein: Vy, I vouldn’t pelieve Ikey under oath. If-he said it vas Chursday and I éxew it vas Chursday, 1 should dink it vas Chuesday or Friday. Why, certainly ; he is a valu- JERSEY CLOTH.— Mosquito nettii I KNOW HE HAS FALSE TEETH.” OUR FRESH AIR FUND Before After Checks for Fresh Air Fund should be drawn to the order of Live. Previously acknowledged | Proceeds of Circus ‘Six Little Boys at am Lake . Medicus, Nests “Mass. . RU. Proceeds from Tableau given by Miss Alida Allian, bel Adams and Alice S09 16 by teach dent,” Princeton Uni “Valkys ; Helen Tlazes, San Francisco “Point Pleasant Total . A FEW COMPANIES, BELTING COMPANY.—Prize Fighters. A Hose Company.—A Bathing Party. A Pump CoMPANY.—The Newspaper Reporters. AN AXE COMPANY.—The Mendicant Army. A WorsTED CompaNny.—The Prohibitionists. A Gas Compan The Life Insurance Agents. KNEW THE SEX. NIE: Oh, Charlie, I found out something to-day that I promised never, never to tell! CHARLIE (seféling back): Well—I'm ready. SOUP A LA JAY GOULD. a | ~AKE a little stock, six times as much water, and then put in the lamb. MALL SO: Pa, what is a bachelor? HENPECKED PARENT: A bachelor is a man who has resisted all endeavors on the part of woman to render his life miserable through marriage. NEW BOOKS .- THE FAITHFUL ACHATES. A Narrative. ‘New York: The Judge Publishing Co. Little Bavon Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger. By lagecvoll Lockwood, IWustrated by George Wharton Edwards. Boston: Lee & Shep- ard. New York: Charles T, Dillingham. The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh. and Other Tales. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company. Mrs, Schuyler Van Rensselaer. By Anthoay Go By Bret Harte. Six Portraits, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company. The Master of Ballantrae, By Robert Louis Stevenson. Author's Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's S Mlustrated, First Johnnie: SAY CHOLLY, IT SAYS HERE IN THE GUIDE BOOK “WHAT DOES THE SPHYNX REPRESENT? WHAT IS MEANT BY THAT PAINT SCORNFUL SMILE, THAT LOOK OF VEILED KNOWLEDGE, THAT STOLID FATHOMLESS GAZE, THAT IMPENETRABLE BARRIER OF SUBLIMATED SILENCE IT PRESENTS TO THE SEARCHING INQUIRY OF THE EAGER, ANXIOUS, CURIOUS, BAFFLED MIND? WHAT WAS IT MEANT FOR?” Second Johnnie: WHY, OLD CHAPPY, IT MUST HAVE BEEN MEANT FOR A STAGE DOOR KEEPER! comicbooks.com