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# Life Magazine Satire Analysis This page from *Life* (Volume XVII, Number 422) contains several brief satirical pieces and illustrations typical of the magazine's humor: **"Our Inference"** jokes about Bernhardt appearing in "Cleopatra," questioning what role she plays—a reference to the famous French actress Sarah Bernhardt. **"A Difference"** contrasts a man's mood before and after engagement, satirizing how marriage changes one's outlook on life and finances. **"Where, Indeed!"** depicts a rude boy asking about skaters, mocking poor etiquette. **"Guesses at Truth"** presents witty dialogue about engagement rings. The cartoons use sketch illustrations typical of early-20th-century satirical journalism, poking gentle fun at social conventions, marriage, theater personalities, and manners rather than addressing serious political issues.
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VOLUME XVII. OUR INFERENCE. ss ERNHARDT is to soon appear in this coun- try in Cleopatra.” . “What role does she take? The 4sp?" A DIFFERENCE. ESTERDAY she turned away, Everything seemed dark and gray— Now she is my fiancee. Life seems all a holiday. I don’t want it yesterday, And it’s not. * . « ° Now my hair has turned to gray, And my wife's long bills [ pa Life don’t seem a holid Ergo, now, | sadly say, Oh, that it were yesterday But it’s not, —Sherman Morse. es I Hagglebury original in his writings?” “Very. He writes sonnets of a column in length and all his quatrains have six lines.” jeveland, tea WHERE, INDEED! Very Rude Boy: SAY, YOU BERGINNERS OUGHT TO HAVE A POND FOR VERSELFS. WHERE'D YER BE IF ONE OF US SKATERS RUNNED INTER YER? genuine. ‘LIFE: NUMBER 422. (Lanter: GUESSES AT TRUTH. He: WERE, DARLING, 18 THE RING. ENGRAVED IN IT, She: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, JOUN? He: ON, 11'S THE THING FOR ENGAGEMENT RINGS, YOU KNOW, BELIEVE IT MEANS “When shall we three meet again ?” On SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I've WaD “ Afizpah™ QUITE LIKE, HE fashionable evening dress For ladies, ‘minds me, I confess, Of him who said: ‘Enough for one Is quite enough for two, my son.” ALL HOPE ABANDON. OET (meekly): 1 should like to leave this little poem: for your inspection. I suppose a good many poems are left here, EDITOR (grufiy): Yes—and so are the fellows who want us to buy them, comicbooks.com