Life, 1890-08-14 · page 10 of 14
Life — August 14, 1890 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Life Magazine Page 80: Educational Content and Wartime Humor This page from *Life* combines educational material with satirical commentary. The upper left features "Life's Primer"—teaching tools with wordplay puns ("A Inn," "A In-jun") and a lesson about George and his pipe, designed to be educational yet humorous for children. The right side contains two wartime-related pieces: "On the Uneasy Atlantic" depicts a soldier or sailor in distress at sea, captioned with dark humor about drowning. Below, a "Constant Reader" describes someone successfully raising dragon flies to combat mosquitoes in Jersey—presented as practical wartime problem-solving, though the writer humorously notes the mosquito cake remains. The overall tone blends educational content with early-20th-century satirical commentary on contemporary life and wartime concerns.
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80 LIFE’S PRIMER. JUDICIOUS use of this book will lighten the toil of the teacher, and at the same time awaken in the pupil a desire for knowledge that will be as far reaching as it is permanent, George. has been smok-ing a strong pipe. Did the pipe make George strong, too? Oh, yes; the pipe made George strong, too. The bird sings in the tree. (Spelling words.) BARK. Doc-woop. See the man, He is try-ing to pull on his boots. Are his boots tight ? No, but the man is tight. ‘LIFE: ON THE UNEASY ATLANTIC. Colonel B., of Kentucky (waking up suddenly): 1 S'POSE ALLIS LOST, BUT IT AIN'T SECH A TERRIBLE THING TO DROWN, A “Constant READER” WRITES US FROM JERSEY REGARDING HIS SUCCESS IN RAISING DRAGON FLIES FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF THE MOSQUITO, THE RESULT WAS NOT AS GRATIFYING As NE COULD NAVE WISHED, FOR IT CONSISTED CHIEFLY OF A Doc- TOR'S BILL FOR HIS BOY'S CONVULSIONS, JERSEY STILL HOLDS THE MOSQUITO CAKE. comicbooks.com