Life, 1891-05-28 · page 8 of 18
Life — May 28, 1891 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page from *Life* magazine contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **"A Fanatic"** (top left): A cartoon showing a woman who has been fasting for months asking a man why someone doesn't "give him the tip that Lent is over"—mocking extreme religious asceticism as unreasonable. 2. **"The Metropolitan Museum"** (middle): A brief note about a Board resolution to open the museum free to the public on Sundays until sunset, passed by a narrow 12-to-4 vote—suggesting contentious debate over public access. 3. **"Boston Cultured Girl" (bottom)**: A humorous exchange where a Boston girl's literary club names itself "The Fortnightly," which a Chicago girl mocks as "too weakly"—poking fun at pretentious East Coast intellectual circles and regional differences in American culture.
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A FANATIC. She: THIS 18 MY LITTLE PET ALLIGATOR, WHO HAS BEEN FAST- ING FOR MONTHS, He: WHY bOESN’T SOME ONE GIVE HOt THE TIP THAT 15 OVER? Lent THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM. “Resolved, That until further order of the Board, the Museum be opened free to the public every Sunday, from 1p m. until half an hour before sun- eet.’? The resolution was carried finally by a vote of 12 to 4. J AST 1 y evening at one of Mrs. F, Pumperley + Pompy , inners where the flowers alone cost $750.00, one charming belle said to another, as they were sitting in the drawing room waiting for the gentlemen: “T'm going to have a delightful time this summer. Papa and mamma have both agreed to my plans.” “ Where are you g¢ " “ Nowhere, of >" asks the other charming belle. at home where the men are. PROFESSOR DELVER, WHO HAS JUST PROPOSED TO THE MATURE SPINSTER, IS INFORMED THAT AS IT 18 A VERY SERIOUS MATTER, SHE MUST HAVE TIME FOR CONSIDERATION ; BUT IF ACCEPTED SHE WILL PLACE A BOOK IN HER WINDOW ON THE FOLLOWING MORN- ING, THE NEXT MORNING THE PROFESSOR SALLIES FORTH WITH A BEATING HEART, BUT AS HE APPROACHES THE HOUSE—HIS ANXIETY VANISHES. OSTON CULTURED GIRL (40 Chicago ditto): And so you have a literary club in Chicago. What do you call it? CHICAGO GIRL: Boston GIRL: We have named it “ The Fortnightly.” Because it is too weakly ? comicbooks.com