Life, 1890-02-20 · page 7 of 18
Life — February 20, 1890 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of LIFE Magazine Page 107 The main illustration, titled "HONORS EVEN," depicts a social scene where a man and woman exchange bitter observations about money and relationships. The dialogue suggests mutual disillusionment: he notes there exists "a man who will do anything for money," while she counters that money itself "will do anything" for him—implying both parties recognize money's corrupting influence on human behavior and romance. This appears to be satirizing early 20th-century attitudes toward marriage, wealth, and social climbing. The formal dress and interior setting suggest upper-class society, where financial considerations often motivated romantic unions. The cartoon's point is that money, rather than love or genuine feeling, drives human relationships—a common theme in period satire critiquing capitalist materialism.
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HONORS EVEN. He: THERE'S A MAN WHO WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY, She: IT 18 SIMPLE GRATITUDE, PROBABLY. HE HAS FOUND OUT THAT MONEY WILL DO ANYTHING FOR HIM, Again and again she suggests George Meredith's fascinating Sandra Belloni. Any comparison between them would, however, be unfair to William Black's heroine, who is sketched on a smaller canvas. One may wonder whether Lione/ and Nina will be happy in that undiscov- ered country called Fable-land by Thackeray, Lsone/ is so prodigal, so change- ful in his fancies that one can foresee, perhaps, a deal of trouble by and by when money ceases to come to him easily. As for Mina, she will never change, but suffer his neglect or thoughtlessness with closed lips and a gentle heart. Droch, NEW BOOKS. ALBRECHT. By Arlo Bates. Boston: Roberts Brothers. The Bagpipers. Traoslated from the French of Georges Sand by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. a coAMricem Waist, Mlusrated, By G. W. P, Boston and New York: Houghton, Miffin 0. The Splendid Spur, Edited in modera English by Q. New York: Cassell Publishing Company, The Fallen Pillar Saint, and Other Poems, By Susie M, Best. New York: G. W. Dillingham, And Satan Laughed. By Sibyl Johostone, New York: G. W. Dillingham. Speaking of Ellen, By Albert Ross. New York: G. W, Dillingham. A WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY THOUGHT. I’ Washington had lied that day He chopped the cherry tree, How different it would have been— Our country's history ! For none can doubt that had he lied Old Bushrod would have jumped For his right heavy hickory stick, » And George's life out thumped. And then—ah me !—our loved State Indeed would have been sad ; For if G. W. then had died It would have had No Dad! comicbooks.com