Life, 1890-11-06 · page 7 of 18
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 253 **Main Image: "A New Symptom"** This cartoon depicts a medical consultation scene. A Chicago woman has written to the magazine asking how to cure "the habit of blushing." She won't ask her physician about it. The doctor replies he's never encountered such a condition in his practice. The satire appears to target either excessive modesty or the absurdity of treating social embarrassment as a medical problem worthy of doctor consultation. The "new symptom" likely mocks either hypochondria or changing social attitudes about proper behavior for women—suggesting either her modesty is old-fashioned or her complaint is trivially self-invented. **Lower Content:** Book advertisements and a "Cicerone of Gotham" section listing New York tourist attractions (Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, Grant Monument site).
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A NEW SYMPTOM. He: She: WHY DOESN'T SHE SEE HER PHYSICIAN ABOUT IT? He: SHE HAS, BUT HE SAYS HE HAS NEVER MET WITH SUCH A THING BEFORE IN ALL HIS PRACTICE. A CHICAGO WOMAN HAS WRITTEN TO THIS PAPER TO ASK HOW SHE MAY CURE THE HABIT OF BILUSHING, The Pacific Coast Scenic Tour. By Henry T. Finck, New York: Charles Scrib- ner’s Sons, Jn and Out of Book and Journat. By A. Sydney Roberts. Sehaick. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, The God of Ci By Mrs. M. A. Pittock. Chicago: Company. Fra Lipho L Potnam's Sons. Ilustrated by S. W. Van ilization Eureka Publishing By Margaret Vere Farrington, New Yor and London: G. P. Love Pocus of Three Centuries, 2 Nolumes. Coxpiled by Jessie F, O'Donnell, New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson, Wustrated. The Century Co New York: A CICERONE OF GOTHAM, TS! RIST (¢a New York): What are the greatest things to be seen in the city? New YORKER: Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and the Pro- Posed Site of the Proposed Grant Monument. Laby KILLERS—Corsets. Heavy STOCKHOLDERS—Safes. A “FLOATING PoruLatio: comicbooks.com