Life, 1892-02-18 · page 7 of 18
Life — February 18, 1892 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Life Magazine Page 101 Analysis This page contains several humorous sketches and dialogue pieces typical of early 20th-century satirical humor: **"An Good Square Valentine"** depicts a restaurant conversation where a man admits he forgot to send his dinner companion a Valentine's card—he was planning to send one to someone else (Miss Palisade) instead. The humor relies on the awkwardness of this admission. **"A Sensible Choice"** jokes about a student choosing Oscar Wilde over Shakespeare because "Shakespeare's dead"—absurdist humor playing on the student's flawed logic. **"Modern Health Appliances"** satirizes medical fads by suggesting horseback riding in ambulances as treatment. The sketches labeled "Catching the Drift of It" and "Winter Practice" appear to be visual gags about seasonal activities, though details are unclear from the image quality.
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SWEETE is ye Matin Song of Birds, As blythe in leafy Boughes they sway And twitter and sing of their Joye and Love On goode Sainte Valentyne, hys Day. O faire to see is ye Sunshine brighte, Y¢ stretcheth neathe ye Greenwoode Tree, While Shadowes on ye Greenswarde play, And Spring comes blushing o'er ye Lea. But Sweeter far is Thy Voice to me Than Twitter of Birds on ye Blossoming Spray ; My Sunshine lies in thy Wondrous Eyes— “CATCHING THE DRIFT OF IT,” A GOOD SQUARE VALENTINE RAVERS (én restaurant): Miss Palisade says she did not receive any valentine from you this year. What is the trouble ? STUFFER: You sce this dinner ? TRAVERS: Yes, of course. STUFFER (complacently): This is the valentine I was going to send to Miss Palisade. A SENSIBLE CHOICE. ~CHOOL TEACHER (after dis- coursing on literature): Now, Georgie Gazzam, which would you rather be, Shakespeare or Oscar Wilde? Thy Dymples ye only Shadows yt play. Lee Woodward. GrorGie: Oscar Wilde, ma’am. “Indeed? Why?” “ Because Shakespeare's dead.” Had to pay some forty cents, More or less, To get you out of the post-office. Which angered him And made him say Things No real gentleman should say. And now I may only say that I did not send you, when she asks me, And Must blushingly confess that I think the name of the sender is “ Dennis,” Tom Hall. MODERN HEALTH APPLIANCES. PHYSICIAN: What you need every day is a good shaking up. PATIENT : How would horseback riding do? PHYSICIAN : That isn’t quite severe enough. What you want to do is to take a ride every day in one of our hospital ambulances. WINTER PRACTICE, Tom (to Jim, who has rolled Harry up ina snowball): SEND MIM IN RED MOT, Jimmy. I'LL KNOCK HIM OUT DE FIRST LICK WIDOUT NURTIN’ A MAIR OF HIS HEAD! comicbooks.com