Life — September 25, 1890 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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# Page 166 of Life Magazine - Analysis This page contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **"An Idyl"** - A poem by H. H. Titherington accompanying a seaside illustration, celebrating nature's indifference to racial prejudice. 2. **"It Wouldn't Be Tears"** - A brief comic dialogue mocking Colonel Blood's emotional response to a newspaper story, with a pun about "blood" being Kentuckian (implying toughness). 3. **"A Horrible Indignity"** - A labor dispute satire where striking workers refuse to work for a company president who wears a cutaway coat before noon—a commentary on class pretension and labor grievances over perceived disrespect. 4. **"An Afternoon Dress"** - A satirical fashion piece with illustration, mocking elaborate women's fashions ("La Mode") through exaggerated description of an impractical, over-decorated dress design. The page emphasizes class conflict and social absurdities typical of early 20th-century American satire.