Life — December 31, 1891 — page 37: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

She; HER FATHEK 1S AN UNDERTAKER IN CHICAGO, ISN'T HE? He; Yes, SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A PLANTER. THE INEVITABLE. BACHELOR, on Christmas eve, Resolved, in some strange fit, To hang his stocking up. He did, And found a hole in it. A LABOR SAVING SCHEME. USBAND: Why do you always ask me what I want for dinner, just as I am leaving the breakfast table ? WIFE: Because you always say “ Nothing much,” and it saves a lot of cooking. SOUTHERN DIET. T was at a Richmond hotel, and he modestly called for a beefsteak. When it came he tinkered at it for ten minutes and then called the waiter. “ What's this?” “ Beefsteak, sah.” “Thank you. Do guests usually try to cut them?" “Reckon dey do, sah, unless dey got right smart moufs.” “Yes? Well, I haven't! I'm from New York. You take that steak back to the cook, waiter, and tell him I haven't hurt it any. I've only bent it a little—just a little.” HERE is an Irish Negro in this city. He of course has a woolly head and a flannel mouth MOSES IN THE BULL RUSHES, comicbooks.com