Life, 1891-11-26 · page 5 of 14
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 309 This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical humor: 1. **"Falsehood and Truth"** (top): A poem by Elijah Wiccinisthetane depicting two dream women—one young and beautiful, one old and lean—representing contrasting moral concepts. 2. **"A Chance for Sport"** (middle): Political satire about Mr. Egan's appointment as U.S. minister to Chile, joking that his diplomatic duties could provide amusing opportunities, possibly through misunderstandings with Chile. 3. **"A Possible Revenge"** (bottom): A dialogue between Mrs. Fastpace and Mr. Fastpace mocking intellectual pretension. She shames him for claiming to have read books he hasn't; he retorts he'd have asked the Reverend Proser about them to expose similar dishonesty. The accompanying illustrations show Victorian-era social scenes depicting this exchange.
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‘LIFE: 309 FALSEHOOD AND TRUTH. L ND as I slept, two dream dames near me stood : One young, a minstrel-woman, mayhap fair, Though o'er her face was drawn a crimson hood-- The other, old and lean, with grizzled hair, Ir, Ere I had asked, the old dame shricked, * Plain Truth Am I.” Her voice sh, and, like a brier, It pricked my ear. ‘My name you know, fair youth.” The other softly sighed—and touched her lyre. Elijah Higginbotham. A CHANCE FOR SPORT. HE results of Mr. Egan's appointment as minister to Chili, are not only hilariously instructive, but they suggest an unlimited perspective of startling experiment. President Harti- son’s clever idea of conferring important offices upon wild Irishmen almost before they land is turning out beautifully—for the newspapers. If a misunderstanding with Chili proved too tame he might send Herr Most as minister to England. We should soon have a war on our hands worth listening to. A POSSIBLE REVENGE. M RS. EASTPACE: I'm really ashamed of you, Jack. The Rev. Mr. Proser asked you to-day if you had read a dozen different books, and you admitted you had not read one of them. Mr. Fasrpace: Yes, and if you hadn't been present I should have been revenged. Mrs. FASTPAC! How ? els we AN actor?” Mr. Fast: I should have asked Proser if he had read “No,” a dozen different books that he‘wouldn’t have dared to confess to. “WHY, HE TOLD ME HE WAS ON THE STAGE." = ————— : HE 1s.” “PERHAPS YOU COULD SPARE ONE OF THOS SEATS, SIR.” “CERTAINLY, MADAME,’ comicbooks.com