Life, 1891-03-26 · page 17 of 22
Life — March 26, 1891 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three unrelated satirical sketches typical of Life's humor: 1. **"All or Nothing"**: A flirtation joke where a man and woman discuss their afterlife romance, with the punchline that they're both dead—allowing them to be together without earthly complications. 2. **"Miscalled"**: A courtroom gag mocking Robert Ingersoll, a famous 19th-century American agnostic and freethinker. The judge ridicules his name "Robert Ingersoll" as unsuitable for someone called "Christian," satirizing both Ingersoll's atheism and formal naming conventions. 3. **"A Cook County Ritualist"**: Mocks a Chicagoan tourist in Rome who hasn't visited the Sistine Chapel but insists on doing so only if it's "high church" and wants to know the "rector"—confusing Catholic ritual with Protestant church hierarchy. The satire targets American religious ignorance abroad. 4. **"The End of Lent"**: An illustration suggesting the return to worldly pleasures after the Lenten season's abstinence.
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- DIGPIES- 199 “ Well—to resume—we met on earth—we parted— we never married,” “Possibly we wouldn't think as much of each other if we had.” “ How natural that sounded. You are quite your- self.” “Hum!” “And you love me still?” “Of course.” “You forget one thing!" “And that——" “Is—that we are both dead and buried.” “Ha! Ha! Ha! That's the first time I've laughed since I came.” Jehanna Staats, ALL OR NOTHING, S# Don't you feel a draft over there near the <7 window ? HE (taking the hint): 1 don’t know but I do, What would you advise me todo ; pull the blind down or move over nearer to you? SHE: Both, MISCALLED. UDGE: Whatis your Christian name, Mr. Glim? Guim : Robert Ingersoll. JupGe: What! Do you call that a Christian name? A COOK COUNTY RITUALIST. He (Americanus): WaT, YOU'VE BEEN HERE IN ROME A FORT- NICHT AND HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE SISTINE CHAPEL YET? She (Chicagoensis): No. He: Care TO GO? She: Yes, 1F 11's HIGH CHURCH. WHO'S THE RECTOR, ANYHOW? THE END OF LENT. THe RETURN TO THE WORLD, THE FLESH, AND THE— comicbooks.com