Life, 1891-03-26 · page 13 of 22
Life — March 26, 1891 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"The Dude's Diary"** mocks an idle wealthy man whose day consists entirely of trivial activities (waking, dressing, smoking, talking) climaxing in a rejected marriage proposal and drunkenness—satirizing the purposeless leisure class. **"A Conscientious Reporter"** is sharper political satire. It lampoons a newspaper's policy of substituting "Hebrew" for "Jew" throughout all articles. By mechanically applying this rule to absurd effect—"Grand Hebrewry," "Hebrewliet," "Hebrewne"—the satire exposes how such editorial policies create ridiculous results and reveals the underlying prejudice and euphemism they mask. The joke's bite lies in showing how linguistic sanitization fails logically while perpetuating discrimination. **"An Anti-Can't Householder"** satirizes hypocrisy: a beggar claims his "home is heaven," allowing the householder to feel virtuous giving charity while dismissing actual homelessness. The illustration depicts the first piece, showing the dude with a woman at a piano.
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THE DOUDE'S DIARY. A.M. 8:00—Woke. —Dozed. —Yawned. :25—Rose. 8:30-—Dressed. g:00— Breakfast. 10:00— Walked, 10:15—Talked, 11:00—Cigarette. : k. 6:00—Dressed. 7:00—Dined. 8:00—Talked. 9:30— Mashed. 10:10—Proposed. Rejected. 10:23— Drank. 11:04—Drunk, A.M. 1:00—Disrobed. (For- got to.) 1:00—Retired. 1:01—Slept. Nero O'Flynn. A CONSCIENTIOUS REPORTER. HE policy of a cer- tain daily newspaper is always to substitute the word Hebrew for Jew in all articles appearing in its columns. Acting un- TIE YOURSELF ? He: Aout an nour, She: TELL ME, WHAT DIFFERENCE 1S THERE BETWEEN A READY-MADE TIF AND ONE YOU der this rule a new re- = porter recently handed in the following: Early last evening as Mr. Goldstein, the well-known Main Street Hebreweler and his fiancée, Miss Hebrewlia Moses, who, by the way, is a perfect Hebrewno, were coming home from the Court House where Mr. G. had been serving on the Grand Hebrewry, they met a footpad who demanded Mr. G's money. * By Hebrewpiter,” exclaimed Mr. G., as Miss Hebrewlia fell in a faint, ‘you can't have it, for I have none, except large bills.” Mr. Goldstein smiled insinuatingly and permitted the highwayman to approach very closely, when he struck him a terrific blow in the face, “Oh, you Hebrewdas Iscariot,” howled the footpad, for he was a Christian ; but before he could act a policeman had him by the collar. “Who is that ?" tremblingly asked the fair Miss Hebrewlia, re- covering consciousness. “Oh, only a robber barren,” said Mr. G., laughing nervously at his own Hebrew d'esprit. Later in the evening he took Miss Hebrewlia to see ‘* Romeo and Hebrewliet” at the Opera House, and it is rumored they will be mar- ried next Hebrewne, the month of roses. AN ANTI-CAN'T HOUSEHOLDER, As april TRAMP: Dear sir, unless I get a bite of something at once I shall soon be dead. PATER FAMILIAS: Poor man, you are homeless, are you ? SALVATION TRAMP: Oh, no; heaven is my home. PATER FAMILIAS: Here is five cents for some bread-and- er-try to reach home as soon as possible. THE DEER DEPARTED—when the hunter missed him. comicbooks.com