Life, 1891-01-08 · page 7 of 20
Life — January 8, 1891 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 23 The page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **Top illustration**: A courtroom scene satirizing legal proceedings. The dialogue shows opposing counsel debating precedent—one cites "Riggs vs. Riggs" while another references Chancellor Kent's holdings. The satire targets how lawyers use obscure cases and technicalities to obstruct justice, with one counsel deliberately distorting testimony. The caption "Let Justice Be Done, Tho' the Heavens Fall" ironically undercuts the depicted legal maneuvering. **"A Short Story"**: A joke about a woman ordering castor oil at a soda fountain, mishearing the clerk's suggestion to add something "else," resulting in unintended consequences. **"Not Favorably Impressed"**: A brief dialogue between Mr. Harrison and Mr. Blaine about "reciprocity"—likely referencing 1880s-90s trade policy debates. Blaine's claim that reciprocal work arrangements benefit both parties is dismissed as a poor scheme.
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- LIFE : 23 “LET JUSTICE BE DONE, THO’ THE HEAVENS FALL.” ou? L FOR PROSECUTION (fo wetness): Is it true, then, that you thought you thought—— COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE (stéfening): Your Honor, | rise to a question of law. My brother-— EL FOR Pros.: If your Honor please, it seems COUNSEL FOR Der.: May it please the Court, the authorities are agreed COUNSEL FOR PRros.: I contend, your Honor, that—— Cou FoR Der.: My distinguished brother is clearly—— COUNSEL FOR PRos.: Why, your Honor, it has been held time and—— COUNSEL FOR DeF.: I have but to cite, your Honor, the leading case of — COUNSEL FOR PRros.: If it please the Court, that case is not law, having — COUNSEL FOR DeF.: As your Honor is well aware, a decision has been recently handed down —. FOR PROs.: That was but a dictum, your ZL FOR DE Chancellor Kent, your Honor, has held over and —— Couns FOR Pros.: The case of Riggs vs. Riggs, 4 Barbour, 123. clearly shows Couns FOR Der,: Overruled, as your Honor knows in 17 Wendall—— COUNSEL FOR PROS.: Not the point, may it please the Court, under adjudication, that being sustained. Coun FOR Der.: My learned brother has entirely mis- interpreted ——. COUNSEL FOR Pros,: The distinguished gentleman is wholly at fault, if JUDGE (waking up): What is it you wish to show? COUNSEL FOR PROS, : I wish merely to show, your Honor, that this witness did not really think what he thought. Coun FOR DeF,: I object, vour Honor, JUDGE (returning to comatose state): The question is pertinent, She: Writ, 1 DIDN'T WANT IT FOR MYSELF, IT WAS FOR MY CouNSEL & SHORT STORY. She: PLEASE MAKE ME UP A DOSE OF CASTOR OIL. Smart Clerk (after a lapse of five minutes): HAVE A GLASS OF sova, WON'T You ? She drinks soda and waits for the oll. Smart Clerk: ASYTHING ELSE, Miss ? She: THE CASTOR OIL, PLEASE. Smart Clerk: Wy, 1 GAVE YOU THE OIL IN THE soDa! FOR Der. (¢ezly): Y-o-u-r H-o-n-o-r ROTHER: W-I-L-L a-I-l-o-w m-e a-n O-B-J-E-C-T-I-O-N! —see? Miller Vinton. NOT FAVORABLY IMPRESSED. R. HARRISON: What's this “ Reciprocity" idea of yours, Jim? I don’t exactly catch on to it. Mr. BLAIN ‘Il give you an illustration. I worked for you in 88, now you turn in and work for me in ‘92. That's reciprocity. Mr. HARRISON: Humph! I don’t think much of that scheme, THE MESSENGER Boy's MoTro—" You pay the money, ““TALKING RIGHT TO THE POINT.” we do the resting.” comicbooks.com