Life, 1891-02-19 · page 7 of 14
Life — February 19, 1891 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 113 This page contains three unrelated humor pieces typical of early-20th-century satirical magazines: 1. **"They Manage Things Better There"**: A brief dialogue where Mr. Godet wishes he lived in Pompeii because the streets there have only been torn up once in two thousand years—a joke about chronic street construction in American cities. 2. **"The Pangs of Jealousy"**: A sketch depicting society figure Fiametta Hogan questioning a suitor about his attentions to another woman, mocking aristocratic social anxieties. 3. **"An Effect"** and other vignettes: Brief conversational jokes about weddings, lectures, and cattle ("High Steaks"). The page reflects turn-of-the-century urban life, social pretension, and wordplay humor common to the era. No specific political figures or events appear identifiable.
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- LIFE: THEY MANAGE THINGS BETTER THERE. R. GODET (surveying the débr’s on Broadway): 1 wish I lived in Pompeii! Mr. STILLMAN: Why, that town is as dead as Phila- delphia. Mr. GopeT: I know it; but the streets there have only been torn up once in two thousand years. RINGING WorDS—" Will you marry me?” THE PANGS OF JEALOUSY. Fiametta Hogan ( young lady on lef): How MY WARM MULDERRY- STREI BLOOD TINGLES AT THE THOUGHT OF THAT VALENTINE REING INTENDED FOR Jacopo. SHILL 1 FOLLER HER, OR WHAT? T a recent progressive-euchre party given by a woman in New York society, the prizes award- ed were handsome pieces of Royal Worcester, silver-handled canes and umbrellas, and for the booby prize a copy of Ward McAllister’s book. M RS. DORE-BARLOW: Are we going to the VanDyke wedding to-night ? Mr. DorE-BaRLOW: No; we have been to one wedding too many AN EFFECT. She: So VOU ARE JUST FROM MINNEAPOLIS. How DID THE PEOPLE OUT THERE RECEIVE YOUR LECTURE ON THE ' SUPREME QUALITIES OF SHAKESPEARE ? He: WELL, WHEN I FINISHED, THE AUDIENCE GAVE THREE CHEERS FOR Bacon. HIGH STEAKS. comicbooks.com