Life, 1890-06-12 · page 11 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 341 **"A Bad Shot" (top cartoon):** A woman sits while a man stands nearby. The dialogue reads: "I have never yet met the woman I thought I could marry" / "No, they are very hard to please, as a rule." This is a domestic humor piece mocking male pickiness—the man claims he's never found a suitable woman, but the woman sarcastically flips the blame back, suggesting men are the impossible ones to satisfy. **"Shifting the Responsibility" (bottom):** A brief joke about deflecting criticism. When asked how to handle negative comments about written work, one character suggests enclosing them with quotation marks—essentially attributing the criticism to someone else rather than accepting it. Both pieces use wordplay and role-reversal to create humor about relationships and accountability, typical of Life's satirical approach.
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A BAD SHOT. He; 1 HAVE NEVER YET MET THE WOMAN I THOUGHT I COULD MARRY. She: No, THEY ARE VERY HARD TO PLEASE, AS A RULE: NEW BOOKS, [FAME AND SORROW. By Honort de Balzac. Transtated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Boston: Rober Brothers, mt Century Dictionary. Volume Ill., G—L. New York: he Century Company. Cele! Chanter. By Frank R. Stockton. New York: ‘The Century Company y: Egyptian Sketches, B h Lynch, New York: Scrib- noe tar Shete be: ly Jeremiah Lyncl lew Yor’ The Shadow of a Dream. By W.D Howells. New York : Harper and Brothers. Yale Humor, Mlustrated. New Haven: S. A. York, Jr. The Century. Volume XXXIX, November, 1889—April, 1890, New York: The Century Company. A Japanese Boy. By Himself. New York: Henry Holt and Company. LOOK OUT, MARY! a, | Mary's Ma: Lanp saxes\ 1 sent SHIFTING THE RESPONSIBILITY. MARY OFF ALONE AND—— ILES : What will you do if she doesn’t like the The above is what she saw through lines you have written in her album ? the telescope. Tusss: Enclose them with quotation marks, “TAM THY FATHER'S SprRiT.” comicbooks.com