Life, 1890-08-14 · page 11 of 14
Life — August 14, 1890 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 81 This page features a satirical illustration depicting a romantic scene with two figures in an ornate garden setting. The caption addresses a visitor questioning why someone wouldn't marry a sensitive man, with a response suggesting that sensitivity in men causes them more suffering when rejected—thus making broken engagements worse for the man than the woman. Below the illustration are three comedic vignettes: "The Greater Includes the Less" (a geography joke about Chicago and Illinois), "Incredulous" (dialogue about a messenger boy running away from home), and "The Labor Question" (a time-related joke). The page represents Life magazine's typical satirical humor about courtship, sensitivity in masculinity, and everyday social situations common to early-20th-century American life.
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The Visitor; BUT WHY BECOME ENGAGED IF YOU NEVER MEANT TO MARRY MIM? In the Hammock: BECAUSE HE 1S SO SENSITIVE, YOU KNOW IT MORTIFIES A MAN MUCH MORE TO BE REFUSED THAN TO HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT BROKEN, THE GREATER INCLUDES THE LESS. INCREDULOUS. EDESTRIAN: Will you kindly tell me, sir, what place RS, MADISON SQUARE: Did you read about that this is? messenger boy who ran away from home ? NATIVE: This is Chicago. Mr. MADISON SQuARE: Yes, I don’t believe it. PEDESTRIAN: Ah, yes! Thank you; and now could you Mrs. MADISON SQUARE: Why ? tell me if I am anywhere near the State of Illinois ? Mr. Mapison SQUARE: What! ran? THE LABOR QUESTION :—" Is it six o'clock yet ?” PREPARED FOR THE WURST—? ? ? ? ? comicbooks.com