Life, 1890-11-27 · page 7 of 20
Life — November 27, 1890 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 305 **Top Cartoon: "An Exaggerated Case of Hyperbole"** This domestic scene satirizes exaggerated compliments between relatives. Cousin Eugene teases Ethel that she's growing more like "Dolly" daily, and within a year will resemble Dolly entirely. Ethel responds that Ethel will look more like "her" (the dog) than Dolly does. The joke mocks the tendency of family members to use extreme, contradictory flattery—the "hyperbole" of the title. The dog's inclusion in the comparison amplifies the absurdity of such insincere compliments. **Bottom Section:** Contains poetic verses about marriage and womanhood, likely introducing or reviewing a literary volume. The accompanying small illustration titled "A Bark Outsider" appears unrelated to the main cartoon, possibly advertising or filler content typical of Life's format.
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AN EXAGGERATED CASE OF HYPERBOLE. Cousin Eugene: 1 DECLARE, ETHEL, YOU ARE GROWING MORE LIKE DOLLY EVERY DAY, AT THIS RATP, IN A YEAR YOU WILL LOOK MORE LIKE HER THAN LIKE YOURSELF. thes PPP PITS! C. E.: WELL, YOU WILL LOOK MORE LIKE HER THAN she DOFS, ANYIIOW, love poems that are more human and feminine in feeling, of which we may quote what is perhaps the best : + I'm wife; I've finished that, That other state ; I'm Czar; I'm woman now ; It's safer so, How odd the gitl’s life looks Behind this soft eclipse ; I think the earth seems so ‘To those in heaven now. This being comfort then, That other kind was pain: But why compare ? I'm wife | stop there 1" The volume will delight thoughtful people as the poetic expression of a rare and shy intelligence. Droch, A RANK OUTSIDER. comicbooks.com