Life, 1890-09-18 · page 11 of 14
Life — September 18, 1890 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis: Life Magazine, Page 151 This page contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **Top cartoon**: A domestic scene where a woman refuses to share her lot with a widower, claiming she spent yesterday in the cemetery looking at it. The joke mocks Victorian sentimentality and property disputes. 2. **"Pot and Kettle"**: A dialogue between a New Worker and Chicagoan debating which city lacks a World's Fair site and a Grant monument. This likely references competition between cities during the Gilded Age over hosting major expositions. 3. **"Something of a Surprise"**: An illustration (continued next page) showing what appears to be a domestic or romantic scenario. The page also includes a note about Olive Thorne Miller's "Chronicle of Three Little Kings," though the text ambiguously avoids stating who won the pot.
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Widower: Witt YoU SHARE MY LOT? Widow: No—1t’s FULL. I WAS UP IN THE CEMETERY LOOKING AT IT YESTERDAY, 7 POT AND KETTLE. HE man who comes down late to breakfast is not hkely to * EW YORKER: You find hominy in the domestic circle. haven't got the site of —= your Fair yet, eh? CHICAGOAN: No; nora sight of your Grant monu- ment, either. ~ ISSES arelike an actress's diamonds, The oftener they're stolen the better their owners are pleased. OLVve THORNE MILLER has a paper in the A/- fantic on “ A Chronicle of Three Little Kings.” SOMETHING OF A SURPRISE. She does not say who won the pot, (Continued on next page.) comicbooks.com