Life, 1891-04-16 · page 5 of 14
Life — April 16, 1891 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Page 237 of Life Magazine - Analysis This page contains several unrelated humorous sketches and short comedic pieces typical of Life's satirical format. **"A Street Car Pony"** depicts Boston schoolboys boarding a trolley, with dialogue about grabbing the brake before reaching high school—a joke about youthful mischief. **"King Gambo Yumpti"** shows a figure in colonial/stereotypical African dress, using exaggerated dialect humor common to the era's entertainment. The remaining items are brief comic vignettes: observations about patience and moss, commentary on a woman's militaristic fashion sense, a Kentucky temperance anecdote, and mythological humor about Cerberus and Pluto. The overall tone reflects turn-of-the-century American humor relying heavily on dialect jokes, social observation, and literary references—entertainment now dated by its casual ethnic caricatures and class-based comedy.
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237 NOT LIKE THE ROLLING STONE. LL things come to him who waits "— To him who patiently doth while The time away Till fortune may Bestow her recompensing smile. “6 ** All things come to him who waits "— And knows no petty fear of los: In just this slip Men lose their grip, And all things come—especially moss. “ Don’? YOU THINK SHE'S STYLISH 2?” “To TELL THE TRUTH SHE'S A LEETLE TOO MILINGTARY TO SUIT ME.” ——ananieen gor A STREET CAR PONY. OSTON SCHOOL BOYS (jumping on front ptatform) : Hello, McDonald. CaR DRIVER: Mornin’, gents. SCHOOL Boy: Here, Jack, you take the reins; grab the brake, Ginger; now driver just run over this page in the Anabasis for us before we get down to the high school. “Goon NIGHT, DEAR, THE SKIRT DANCE WAS RAVISH- ING, THE BOXING SUPERB, AND THE DOG FIGHT—Acaven/y/™ A MEMORABLE EVENT. ID you ever take a temperance drink?” “Yes,” responded the Kentuckian, sadly, “I passed through the experience once.” A DISADVANTAGE OF HAVING THREE HEADS. LUTO: What's the row out at the gate ? Imp: Please, sir, Cerebus is fighting with him- self. TRANSMITTED. S? =: Does he come from an old family ? He: Yes. His grandmother was a ballet girl. King Gumbo Yumpsi (greeting the Rev. Ebenezer Yallerby): WELL, —- DIS AM QUEER, FO' A FACK! YO" AM DE FIRST BLACK WHITE MAN DAT ESBER I SEED! THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR—What time is it ? comicbooks.com