Life, 1890-03-13 · page 7 of 20
Life — March 13, 1890 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page from *Life* magazine contains a satirical illustration and accompanying text about French politics and journalism. The cartoon depicts two men in formal dress in what appears to be an interior setting, with a caption referencing "Visconte is Vieux" and dialogue about Paris under an old regime versus a new drawing-room. The dialogue mentions "Mademoiselle," "Paris is gay," and "Louis Quinze"—suggesting satire about French aristocratic society and possibly restoration politics. One figure appears to be addressing another about furniture and the "new drawing-room," likely mocking pretensions about modernization while maintaining old aristocratic values. The text below discusses journalism and literary discipline, praising a comprehensive handbook about Atlantic coast counties. The "New Books" section lists recent publications on military history and dictionary entries. Without clearer identification of the specific political figures or historical moment referenced, the precise satirical target remains somewhat unclear.
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Viscomte le Vieux (to Miss Wise, from Colorado): AH, MADEMOISELLE, YOU THINK PARIS 18 GAY NOW. YOU SHOULD HAVE SREN IT UNDER THE OLD REGIME, Miss Wise (breathlessly): OM, DO NOT TELL ME HE IS DEAD, ViscomTE! FURNITURE FOR THE NEW DRAWING-ROOM. PAR EXAMPLE, BEFORE THE DEATH OF Louls QuiINZzE— PAPA HAD PROMISED ME THAT HE SHOULD MAKE THE but they were tried and true; he had a poetic faculty which was supreme in only one direction, and in sixty years he therefore wrote but one hundred and sixty poems, and they endure; he knew well but one kind of journalism, and for half a century he kept his paper in that track, when others were seeking strange fields. The results of a life which is rigorously disciplined, even in its sympathies, are contentment, force and useful deeds accomplished. . . . OTES.—The first part of Charles Ledyard Norton's “ Handbook of Florida” (Longmans) is a most com- prehensive collection of information in regard to the Atlantic coast counties of that State, with maps and plans. The volume is founded on thorough original research and ob- servation. The enthusiasm of a trained athlete inspires the pages of “Athletics and Manly Sport,” by John Boyle O'Reilly. There are divisions of the work on boxing, general athletic training and canoeing—the latter describing a number of voyages in the Dismal Swamp, down the Delaware, the Susquehanna and in other interesting regions. Five of Capt. Charles King’s characteristic stories of ro- mance and war are collected in a volume entitled “Star- light Ranch” (Lippincott’s). They are uninteresting, but harmless. Droch. NEW BOOKS. TE GARDEN OF ARMIDA, By Anne Sheldon Coombs, New York: Cassell Publishing Company. Hints om Howse Building. By Robert Grimshaw, New York: Prac- tical Publishing Company. The Century Dictionary. Vol. 11., Conoto Fz. New York: The Cent- ury Company. comicbooks.com