Life, 1890-01-02 · page 13 of 16
Life — January 2, 1890 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with brief humorous vignettes** rather than political cartoons. The main content consists of four short joke pieces: 1. **"At Scissors at Nully's"** (top): A Western-themed saloon joke where a drunk cowboy refuses a bartender's offer of bitters with his whisky, finding the suggestion insulting or confusing. 2. **Three brief romantic/domestic jokes** involving couples and misunderstandings about physical affection and winter activities—typical period humor about courtship propriety. 3. **A "Price of Coal" visual gag** (referenced in text): Someone climbing high, claiming to be the "Price of Coal"—likely satirizing inflation or commodity prices of the era. The page is dominated by **late-19th-century advertisements** for luxury goods: Packer's Tar Soap, Dunlap hats, Sudborg's perfumes, pianos, printing ink, and Lowney's chocolates. A Dunlap hat advertisement prominently displays a Paris Exposition 1889 Gold Medal award. The humor is **genteel and domestic**—no political satire or caricature is present. This reflects *Life* magazine's focus on polite, middle-class American society humor of the period.
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T SIGIR) AT NLL * visdi®? Why should you be so angry at me for stealing just one little iss ? SHE: Any self-respecting woman would be angry at a man who kissed her just once.—Dramatic Critic. His name wasn't McGinty, but so far as looks went it might have 2, He shuffled up to the bar with a very uncertain step and fixed a glassy eye on the bartender. “Say, podner,” he said, in a voice so husky that it sounded like a whisper, ‘say, podner, I'm dead broke and I've got a tirst on me that makes me troat feel like a giraffe. Can I stand you up for a rink ?” ‘The bartender looked him over and for once made an exception to his general rule. ‘* What'll you have 2” “Whisky 1" gasped the hero. A glass and bottle were set before him, and as he poured out the fluid the bottle performed a castanet solo on the edge of the glass. ‘Then he was seized with a fit of coughing. The bartender took another bottle and squirted some dark-brown fuid into the glass of whisky, 13 “*Wot's that, podner?” asked our friend, lifting the glass from © the bar and looking at it critically but fondly. ‘That? Why, that's bitters. Give you an appetite.” “*Wha-a-at?”” “Bitters. Good thing for your stomach. Give you an appetite.” He set the glass down on the bar without tasting its contents and pushed it toward the bartender. Then he turned away, and as he passed through the door he turned and gave the bartender a re- proachful look, but spoke no word.— St, Louss Life. Doctor: My dear madam, I'll give you a tonic that will do you a world of good. Lonesome Winow : Oh! doctor, if you could only prescribe a little love. Doctor: Really, madam, if I were not married, —Saturday Evening Herald. 1 PM, Sue: How beautiful the snow is! like angels' feathers. AM, 7 He: Say, darling, come cut and help shovel off those angels’ feathers, will you ?—Binghamton Quiver. Sue: Sir, what do you mean by putting your arm around my The falling flakes seem almost «waist? HE: Do you object? Sue: Mr. Arthur Gordon, I'll give you just five hours to remove your arm. —Boston Beacon. Have you used Packer’s Tar Soap for the Complexion, or Shampooing? Its use is a luxury; imparting clear, soft, smooth, healthful skin and vigorous hair; cures Dandruff and Skin Diseases ; yes ane (? PARIS RXPOSITION, 1889, THE HIGHEST AWARD (THE COLD MEDAL) For Furs and For Garments sancesanven’ CELEBRATED HATS, —axD— Ladies’ Round Hats and Bonnets And The Dunlap Silk Umbrella. 178 & 180 Fifth Avenue, bet. aad & 23d Sts. and 1% Broadway, near Cortlandt St. prevents Chapping. 25 cents. Palmer House, Chicago. All Druggists. NEW YORK. r4 Chestnut St. Phila, $7 Agencies in all Principal Cities, Gold Medal Awarded, Paris Exposition, 1889. ‘What are you doing up here? ing to see how high I can Can't I go higher than this? No, you can’t. Who are you, anyhow 2” am the Price of Coal, We buy and sell bills of Ex- Letters ace seed make cable transfers of mone} Australia, and dies ; and "issue Commercial and Traveling Credits, available in all parts of t Brown Brothers & Co.. Bank GEO. MATHER’S SONS RINTING INK of PERFUMES Credit. EDENIA E 7 *9, Esrope. iso take Collections the world. 59 Wall St WAS RECEIVED BY A. JAECKEL, Furrier, 11 East 19th St., near Broadway. 60 JOHN STREET, N. Y, Goya Li Yer THIS PAPER IS PRINTED WITH __OUR SPECIAL - LIFE - INK. SPECIAL - LIFE - INK. et ISCHE 1240 ALL STYLES, MODERATE PRICES, TO RENT, INST/LMENTS, AND EXCHANGED, 5th Ave.,cor. 16th 8t., N.Y. comicbooks.com