Life, 1890-03-06 · page 7 of 16
Life — March 6, 1890 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 135 This page contains several brief satirical items typical of Life's humor section: **Top cartoon**: Shows a social interaction where "Charley Lovelox" makes an inappropriate comment to "Miss Squelcher," joking about a "cowgirl's juicy" (likely a crude reference). The humor relies on a character being tactless. **Middle section**: Includes a drawing titled "Thoughtful for His Years" about a boy named Sammy and his father, suggesting precocious or inappropriate behavior from a child. **Bottom jokes**: Include wordplay and social commentary—one mocks Ohio politics (referencing "Foraker"), another criticizes fashion trends in newspapers, and a final exchange plays on a child asking what "jag" means. The page reflects early-20th-century American humor: relatively mild by modern standards, focused on social awkwardness and generational differences rather than explicit political commentary.
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Charley Lovelox (who sees a chance to say something really bright): WEALLY, Miss SQUELCHER, YOU WEMIND ME OF A COWONER’S JUWY. Miss Sguelcher: Yes? Wy, PRAY? Charley Lovelox: WHY, YOU SIT ON A BODY $0, YOU KNow. Te Scribners will publish the narra- tive of Henry M. Stanley's recent travels, in their magazine and in book form. The last installment will, perhaps, clear up the mystery concerning Emin Bey’s after-dinner tumble from the win- dow. NEW BOOKS. ROTHERMAL, By Louis Reeves Harrison. New York: The American News Company. Aihietice and Manly Sterts, By John Boyle O'Reilly. Boston: Pilot Publishing Company. S.A.” Philadelphia Starlight Ranch. By Captain Charles King, U Lippincott Company. THOUGHTFUL FOR HIS YEARS. Old Mr, Neighborly: Wuy vow'T YOU HITCH HIM TO THE POST, SONNY ? Sammy: FATHER DID, BUT I WAS AFRAID HE MIGHT BREAK IT AND GET AWAY. A “DEADLY PARALLEL.” UESTION: If you were to descend into the lowest depths of Hades, whom would you expect to find in the very hottest pit? Poet: Editors who have no appre- | EDITOR: Poets who have no appre- ciation of true poetry. | ciation of true poetry. SCANDALOUS. G HAT is this ballot-box scandal out in Ohio?” “IT don’t know; but I think it has been discovered that somebody voted for Foraker in the last election.” NOT TO BE TRUSTED. ERTIE: What a shocking fright that Alden girl is! Her costumes are outlandish. FLORENCE: No wonder. She dresses according to the fashion articles in the Sunday newspapers. a Temperance Missionary: 1 WAS TOLD THAT WAS A TEMPERANCE HOUSE, BUT I MUST RE- AN AUTHORITY. MEMBER THAT I AM NOW IN THE StaTE or 6 AMMA, what is a jag?” Marne. “I don’t know, Tommy. Ask your father.” comicbooks.com