Life, 1890-06-26 · page 3 of 15
Life — June 26, 1890 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page (Volume XV, Number 391) The main illustration depicts a domestic scene where a woman sits before a mirror while two men stand behind her. The caption references a "jack-nut" — a husband discussing his wife's nighttime sleep-talking about jackknives. The joke plays on the wife's response that "jack roses" can grow in pots, suggesting she was actually dreaming about flowers rather than the husband's feared interpretation. The left sidebar contains a small cartoon of a boy with a mirror and the caption "The End Is Not Yet," likely a visual gag about reflection or self-examination. The page's upper text discusses Princeton and Yale winning a ball game, noting the surprise outcome when "an irresistible body meets an immovable body." This appears to be sports commentary humor typical of Life's era.
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ished iy TE, Judson Streeta iver R,. ‘able Re h Eleva’ th Bao VOLUME XV. NUMBER 391. SoS OTH Princeton and Yale were, as usual, sure of winning that ball game the other day. The only satis- factory manner of accounting for the game being a ticis by falling back on the old reliable Statement that when an irre- sistible body meets an im- movable body the result is sure to be a surprise to the participants, “THE END 1s NOT YET.” 8," SAID MRS, J., "YOU WERE TALKING ALL NIGHT IN YOUR SLEEP ABOUT A JACK-20T, WHAT ckepoT 2” John (scornfully) CAN'T THEY? You KNOW WHAT A Jack ROSE 18, 1 SUPPOSE. WELL, THEY CAN GROW IN POTS, comicbooks.com