Life, 1890-07-17 · page 7 of 16
Life — July 17, 1890 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 21 This page contains several brief humorous items rather than sustained political cartoons. The content includes: **"Palmistry"** - A romantic poem praising a woman's hand, attributed to F. H. Curtiss. **"Filling a Want"** - A joke about reducing Harvard's four-year curriculum to three years, poking fun at educational efficiency. **"Hard Luck"** - A brief comic exchange about losing an umbrella and recognizing its owner on the street. **"Black: Say, White, can you tell me what alligators eat?"** - A racial joke playing on names "Black" and "White." **"One for the City of the Dead"** - A dialogue between Mr. Murray Hill and Mr. Fairmount Parke about Philadelphia being slower than other cities, a mild regional jab. The page primarily showcases Life's satirical humor style: wordplay, social observation, and light mockery of contemporary life and regional differences.
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NEW BOOKS. ABMOREL OF LVON . By Walter Besant. New York: Harper and Brothers, The Astec Treasure House. By Thomas A. Jan vier. New York: Harper and Brothers, Lucie's Mistake, By W. Heimburg. New York Worthington and Company. PALMISTRY. DARLING little soft, white hand, Rose palmed and sweet to kiss No sculptor ever carved from stone A fairer band than this, Upon my eyelids it would rest, Or o'er my forehead pass, Softer than ever rose-leaves fell Upon the waving grass, No other hand unto my heart Could greater solace bring Unless, mayhap it chanced to be Four aces and a king. Fo OH, Curtiss FILLING A WANT. “THERE is talk of reducing the course of study at Harvard from four years to three,” said McCrackle, “The idea is to give more time to base ball, 1 suppose,” replied McCorkle. HARD LUCK. *s HY so down-cast ?” I lost a magnificent umbrella y ; e it in the car?" “No; I met the owner of it on the street and he recognized it at once.” LACK: , White, can you tell me what alligators eat? Wutre: All live ones do, I believe. N just as “fast. R. MURRAY HILL: “Wuat was iT, Lizerte?” “COL, BRONSON SAID YOU WERE EXCREDINGLY WELL PRESERVED.” ONE FOR THE CITY OF THE DEAD. You Philadelphians are so much slower than we are, you know, chappie. Mr, Fat MOUNT PARKE: Yes, dear boy, we may be slower, but we are comicbooks.com