Life, 1891-05-28 · page 9 of 18
Life — May 28, 1891 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 335 This page contains satirical sketches and humorous dialogue rather than political cartoons. The content includes: **"Vive Le Sport!"** — A narrative mocking religious hypocrisy, referencing Rev. Heber Newton accused of heresy, and Bishop Potter forced to discipline wayward clergy. The satire targets how the Church must discipline its own members. **"Hard to Schedule"** — A domestic comedy dialogue between Minnie, Papa, and others debating whether marriage constitutes "failure" and the difficulty of accounting for one's time. **Lower section** — A drawing captioned about batting technique, plus a brief joke about a gentleman living in a "brown stone house" and smoking cigars, with a quip about corporations lacking souls. The overall tone is light social satire rather than serious political commentary.
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VIVE LE SPORT! HE stake is ready. Fagots are piled around it, and eager hands with burning torches are waiting im- patiently for the signal. The Rev. Heber selected for the next victim. He and is to be disciplined. Some centuries ago there there was a man who persisted in asserting that the sun did not revolve about the earth. As he refused to retract this blasphemous statement he was burned at the stake by the Roman Catholic Church. It was undoubtedly the correct thing for the Church to do, as the blasphemer was unable to accept all its teachings. The real victim in this case is Bishop Pot- ter. is that you are obliged to punish naughty in thinking for them- selves, Now the dishop, as an intelligent nineteenth century citizen, is suddenly called upon to play the leading character in this mirthless and dispiriting comedy. And_ to join hands with the blatant, unwashed Igna- tius! Verily the paths of High Episcopacy are not strewn with roses. One of the nuisances of being a bishop preachers who persist HARD TO SCHEDULE. i INNIE: How can you say that “ Mar- riage is a Failure” when you have Ethel and me, papa. Papa: Ah, you see the trouble is that I don’t know yet whether you two ought to figure among the assets or the liabilities. } R. GOODUN: Wasn't it quite a feat for the whale to swallow Jonah ? Mr. BADUN: Yes; but it was nothing to what many people do now-a-days. What is that ? They swallow the story. Tack Beant Household recipes: TO A V™RY THIN BATTER ADD QUICKLY A LITTLE HOT BUTTER, Miss Fresco (timidty): WaT & POURING RAIN! I DREAD TO START OUT IN IT, Her Friend (innocently): ON, | SHOULDN'T MIND $0 LONG AS YOU HAVE YOUR UMBRELLA TO PROTECT YOUR FACE. HE'D LIKE TO MAKE IT HOT FOR THEM. oe ORPORATIONS have no souls.” “What a disappointment that must be to the devil.” CERTAIN gentleman whose chin is greater than his generosity sai a friend: “If you didn’t smoke such fine c you could live in a brown stone house.” “Do you live in a brown stone house?” “Yes, I do.” “Well, if you didn’t live in a brown stone house yor could smoke as fine cigars as this!" comicbooks.com