Life, 1890-09-04 · page 11 of 16
Life — September 4, 1890 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 123 This page contains several brief satirical sketches typical of Life's humor section: **"An Argument"** depicts a romantic disagreement between Adolphus and Melissa about marriage timing—she claims spring is "the only proper ringtime," while he argues elopement is "fly time." The joke plays on seasonal courtship conventions. **"Experientia Docet"** presents a dialogue where Johnson asks a doctor about surviving without food; Bronson quips that a poet would be better suited to answer—mocking poets as impractical or disconnected from reality. **"Betting on a Sure Thing"** features dialogue about donkeys in a race, with Reggie confidently backing three donkeys against two pairs of horses, relying on the logical fallacy that "three of a kind beats two pairs." The page also includes miscellaneous social commentary and an illustration labeled "Giving him a Good Send Off."
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123 AN ARGUMENT. ADOLPHUS, HY, O Melissa, tarry? This is the time to marry. MELtssa, Oh nay! ‘tis past the springtime, The only proper ringtime ! ADOLPHUS, Then to elope it's high time, For this, you know, is fly time! EXPERIENTIA DOCET. OHNSON: I want to find out how long it is actually possible or a man to go without food. Who can tell me about it best—a doctor ? BRONSON: No; a poet. RETROSPECTIVE REVENGE. Miss Comedown: SALLie SWELLER SNUBBED ME AWFULLY LAST NIGHT, MAMMA! Mrs. C.: NEVER MIND, ISABEL, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR REVENGE IN THINKING HOW SPLENDIDLY YOUR GRANDMOTHER WOULD HAVE SNUBGED SALLIE'S GRANDMOTHER HAD SHE EVER MET HER. SETTING ON A SURE THING. EGGIE: Cholly’s matched his pair of donkeys against Bertie’s cobs and Teddy's bronchos. THE Major: Cholly goin’ to drive the donkeys? RFGGIE: Of cou’se. THE Major: Then I back the donkeys. REGGIE: But I don’t see why, dontcherknow, THE Major: Because three of a kind beats two pairs. WHAT HO! DU MAURIER? ISS NOTTINGHAM: And, as an American girl, Miss West, what has sur- prised you most about England ? Miss West: Why, that you English girls are not all alike. 1 can tell you apart easily enough. You know I take Punch, HE Dime Museum that used to flourish in Cleveland has withered and dried up since the formal dedication of the $200,000 Gartield Memorial in that city for the inspection of which ten centsis collected by the thrifty committee. The Dime Museum couldn't stand the competition of the Dime Mausoleum, “GIVING MIM A GOOD SEND OFF.” comicbooks.com