Life, 1891-04-16 · page 7 of 14
Life — April 16, 1891 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 239 **Top Cartoon ("A Sad Story"):** This depicts a dialogue between two characters—a man (Barker) and a woman (Miss Henderson). The exchange reveals that they haven't seen each other for five years, during which time Miss Henderson married someone else, yet they claim to still be friends. The satire mocks the awkward social pretense of maintaining friendly relations with a former romantic interest after one has married another person—highlighting the discomfort and false civility of such situations. **Bottom Illustration ("No Place Free From It"):** This sketch shows a solitary, distressed figure hunched indoors, with dialogue suggesting someone named Moriarty (apparently a boxing champion) has confronted them about signing up for a season. The humor appears to target inescapable social or professional obligations that follow one everywhere. The page also lists new book publications below the cartoons.
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mirations. One cannot imagine a New Englander (of Miss Wilkins's village) writing of his greatest hero in terms even faintly suggesting the fervor and appreciation of this biography. There are hosts of Irishmen who will say, how- ever, that if ever a man won the right to eulogy it was John Boyle O'Reilly. Droch. NEW BOOKS. TARPER’S SCHOOL SPEAKER 11, By James Baldwin, Ph. D. New York: Harper and Brothers. John Boyle O'Reilly. His Life, Poemsand Speeches. By James Jeffrey Roche. New York: Cassell Publishing Company. Phillip Henson, M.D. By George Hastings. New York: Edward Brandus and Company | Mrs. Mayburn's Twins, By John Habberton. Philadelphia, T. B. Peterson and Brothers, Memoirs of the Prince de Talteyrand. Edited by the Duc de Broglie. Volume 1, New York and London: G. P, Putnam's Sons. The Lost Heiress, By Ernest Glanville, New York: Harper and Broth- ers, Phit and the Baby and False Witness. Vork: “Harper and Brothers, A New England Num and Other Stories. Harper and Brothers: New York and its Environs. and Brothers, Our Italy, By Charles Dudley Wa Brothers. A Sappho of Green Springs and Other Stories. By Bret Harte. Bos- ton and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Marie Louite and the Invasion of 1St¢, By Imbert de Saint-Amand. Translated by Thomas Sergeant Perry, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, By Lucy C. Lillie, New By Mary E. Wilkins.” New By Gustav Kobe, New York: Harper New York : Harper and Euays in Little, Ons, By Andrew Lang. New York: Charles Scribner's wl Memoit of George Cruikshank, By Frederick G. Stephens, New Yo Scribner and Welford. Rinsdaet, Hobberna, Cuisp, Potter. Scribner and Welford: Songs of Spring. Verses by Frank Chaffee. _ Illustrations by Thomas Mclivaine. New York: George M. Allen and Company By Frank Cundall, New York: Voice (from the confessional) : Moriarty (one of a champion nine): Voice: SEASON ? A SAD STORY. She: 1 WAVEN'T SEEN you FOR FIVE YEARS, MR. BARKER, How's THAT LITTLE ROMANCE OF YOURS WITH Miss HENDERSON ? Barker; Miss HENDERSON 1S XO MORE. She: Wuat? Deao? Barker: NO; MARRIED. She: Ha! wat You ARE STILL FRIENDS THOUGH ? Barker: No, SHE MARRIED ME. NO PLACE FREE FROM IT. Is THAT YOU, MORIARTY ? I1 18, YOUR REVERENCE. WHat CLUB HAVE YOU SIGNED TO PLAY WITH THIS comicbooks.com