Life, 1890-02-13 · page 7 of 18
Life — February 13, 1890 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 91 This page contains a theatrical scene photograph at top, showing three figures in period costume engaged in conversation. The caption's dialogue references correspondence cards and a Wednesday deadline, suggesting a comedic domestic situation. Below is a "New Books" section advertising "A Gilded Promise" and "The Count of Breval" by Alexander Dumas, followed by a brief humorous item titled "A Question of Time" about getting a watch repaired. The main literary content is "A Modern Pastoral," a poem by W.S. Moody Jr., presenting a dialogue between "She" and "He" about love and belief, with romantic imagery ("the air is bright above, then, / The smiling sky is blue!"). The page appears primarily focused on literary and theatrical content rather than political satire, typical of Life magazine's mixed entertainment approach during this era.
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““WHY HAVEN'T YOU WRITTEN TO ME SINCE SUNDAY, Bessie, LOVE?” “Ou, Tom, HOW COULD I? To-DaY 18 WEDNESDAY, AND THE ONLY CORRESPONDENCE CARDS ] HAVE ARE ALL HEADED THURSDAY.” sells his treasured books for Jeanne's dowry! And then the pathetic humor of his getting up in the night to hide away in acloset certain volumes which he must keep, though he calls it “stealing the dowry of Jeanne/"’ There is a last glimpse of the old man as he sits in a gabled house on the edge of a village and looks through his window out upon a sunny wood. He delights in the weather-vane, which squeaks in the wind; he is finishing a book about insects and flowers; he sees his beloved Jeanne and Henr? come out of the wood, where they have been walking, and they are radiant with youth and smile at his old age. With a blessing for them on his lips he says his “ Nunc dimittis.” Droch, NEW BOOKS. FATED PROMISE. By O. P. Caylor. New York: G. W. Dillingham. The Count of Benzeval. By Alexandre Dumas, New York: G. W. Dilliogham, QUESTION OF TIME—* When can I get my watch out?” A MODERN PASTORAL. SHE, T. VALENTINE'S an old man, His beard is long and gray ; His loves are dead and cold, man, This many a weary day. HE. St. Valentine's a boy, dear, And beardless laughs he gay; For loving ne'er may cloy, dear, Through day, and night, and day, SHE, You do believe in love, then? HE. Do I believe in you? BOTH, The air is bright above, then, The smiling sky is blue! W. S. Moody, Jr. comicbooks.com