Life, 1892-01-21 · page 5 of 18
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# Page Analysis: Life Magazine, No. 33 This page contains three satirical sketches with accompanying dialogue: 1. **"Again the Hat"** - Mocks a theater-goer's complaint about a woman's hat blocking the view, then feigning ignorance about what was asked. 2. **"A Sure Cure"** - Features a red-nosed man claiming Professor Chloride's cure for drunkenness works, having been "cured six times"—the joke being that repeated relapses undermine the cure's credibility. 3. **"Base-Ball in Africa"** - Depicts a Boa constrictor joining a baseball game, with commentary on the snake's physical attributes (curves). 4. **"Why Not One as Well as the Other"** - Shows a contraption invented by a horse to aid human comfort while exercising. The page primarily offers light domestic and absurdist humor rather than political commentary.
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*LIFE-: AGAIN THE HAT. ARK: How did you like the play? HE: Not so bad as to color, but the ribbon was cheap stuff, and the feathers looked as though they'd done service before. SHE: What are you talking about? I asked you how you you liked the play ? HE: Oh, the play! Thought you were asking me about that hat in front of me. That's all I saw there. A SURE CURE. ~ TRANC : And so you believe in Prof. Chloride’s cure for drunkenness? RED Nosep ENTHUSIAST: Believe init! How can I help believing in it? I've been cured six times. BASE-BALL IN AFRICA. The Boa: SAV, GET ONTO MY CURVES. The Traveller (as he emp= Hes his revolver): Goow! Ret How po you LiKe My IN-sHooTS ? M RS. GADD: How is your girl, Mrs. Gabb. Mrs. Gann : Well, she’s abominably dirty. She spoils everything she cooks, and she’s lazy and impudent; but she has one good quality rarely met with. “Indeed! What is that ?” WHY NOT:ON ONE AS WELL. AS THE OTHER An ingenious device invented Goixe To CHURCH, THosas ? by a horse for adding to the YES, AS SOON AS I FINISH THIS SUNPAY PAPER, comfort and beauty ‘of man Goopsxess! THERE ISN'T ANY SERVICE TO-MORKOW, MY DEAR! while exercising comicbooks.com