Life, 1891-09-03 · page 14 of 22
Life — September 3, 1891 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes wealthy Americans at fashionable resort towns (Saratoga, Newport, White Sulphur Springs). The upper section contains brief gossip items mocking the elite: a man fleeing upon hearing a "footballer" is nearby, engagements to wealthy suitors, and officers inflating their military titles. The main cartoon series depicts a lion's tail emerging from a barrel, then a monkey grabbing and swinging it. This appears to be a visual pun or fable—likely satirizing how the wealthy class (the "lion") has its dignity or authority absurdly diminished by lower-class interference (the "monkey"). The lower cartoon shows a man praising a young girl's obedience, with her replying her father calls her "a holy terror"—humor derived from the child's innocent misunderstanding of parental teasing. The overall page mocks upper-class pretension and social anxiety during the Gilded Age resort season.
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> LIFE: NOTES FROM THE WATERING PLACES, Mr. Harrison Russell arrived at Saratoga one day last week, but on MBS. G- HAMILTON SQUOGE'S ani being informed that the foobiller had been seen in that vicinity, leparted on the next train. It is rumored that the Bakons, of Chicago, have given up the lease of their Newport cottage. Both of the Misses Bakon are engaged to wealthy Easterners. INL dren are great favorites with the young men at the Anoquatasset House. It is ru- mored that Mrs. Squogg has increased the salary of her pretty nurse-maid. Mr. Vandeveer M’Guffin ar- = = — rived at Newport last Friday. His = THE TAIL OF A LION, WITH A CONTINUATION red necktie was the only bright ADDED BY A MONKEY. spot in an otherwise gloomy da Among the arrivals at White Sulphur last week were Col. Blood and Major Bitters, of Charleston. This makes a total of sixty-three colonels and twenty-nine majors now at White Sulphur Springs. Mr. Bertie Spoffington, who is summering at Richfield Springs, attempted to drive his tandem last Wednesday without the assistance ofhisgroom. ‘The doctor reports that he will be able to walk in about a fortnight. So far this season only eight hundred and ninety-three bridal couples have registered at Niagara Falls. This bears out the theory that in America marriage is on the decline. A NEW VARIATION ON AN OLD THEME. Three assistant bar-keepers have been added to the forces at the Narragansett Pier Casino. The hotel registers show the arrival of many guests from “WELL, NETTIE, ARE YOU A 9000 LITTLE GIRL?” “On, ves, sir, I must pe! Fatuer says I'ma Hoty TERROR,” comicbooks.com