Life, 1890-12-25 · page 11 of 51
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# Page Analysis: Life Magazine, Page 371 This page contains two distinct sections: **Left side:** A Victorian-era illustration titled "From the Lips of Experience" depicting a married woman advising another about marriage satisfaction. A quote from "Harry Ronaine" follows about a man who paid himself to avoid the "beggar" lifestyle. **Right side:** A sequential comic strip titled "All From Trying to Kiss His Own Wife" showing a domestic comedy scenario where a husband repeatedly attempts to kiss his wife but keeps getting physically blocked or interrupted by various household obstacles and situations, ending with slapstick chaos. **Center:** An "Obituary" section honoring "Sitting Bull" with formal resolutions adopted by the Pine Ridge Agency, praising his character and peaceful nature. The humor relies on early 20th-century domestic comedy tropes about marital awkwardness.
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FROM THE LIPS OF EXPERIENCE. “TL FEEL NOW QUITE SATISFIED THAT THERE IS NO LIFE 0 HAPPY AS A MAR- RIED ONE.” “AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED?" “Since Last Wepnespay.” “Yaas. I got tired of going to see the beggah—the lahdy, I mean—and | paid it myself, to save bother.” An investigation proved that Bertie had pursued this course wherever collections were difficult, and his brilliant financial career came to an abrupt and untimely close. Harry Romaine. OBITUARY. HE meeting to take action on the death of the late Sitting Bull {was largely attended by the leading citizens of Pine Ridge Agency, and the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted : Wuereas, It has happened in the course of events that our beloved chieftain and friend, Sitting Bull, has been removed from our midst by the emissaries of a Republican administration, and Wuereas, The deceased was a strong friend of the workingman, and his loss will cause a vacuum in the community which it will be difficult to fill, and Wuereas, The late Sitting Bull was a comforter to the widow and the orphan, as well as a firm believer in the purity of the ballot and a protective tariff, and Whereas, His genial smile was one of the most remarkable pieces of scenery in this territory, and the gentle caress of his tomahawk was never forgotten by any one who ever experienced it, now be it Resotvep, That we in his loss feel a grief which can only be assuaged by the massacre of a few whites, or increased rations of ‘fire-water from the White Father at Washington, and it is Resotvep, That we attend his funeral in a body, and with fire-arms ready for business, and be it Resotvep, That in the election of his successor we adopt the Australian Ballot System, and be it Resonven, That engrossed copies of these resolutions be presented to ay of his widows, and included in the minutes of the Pine Ridge Board of rade, 371 ALL FROM TRYING TO KISS HIS OWN comicbooks.com