Life, 1892-02-25 · page 5 of 16
Life — February 25, 1892 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 115 This page contains practical advice columns ("After the Ball" and "Health") alongside two satirical sketches with accompanying dialogue. The lower cartoon depicts a domestic dispute about a husband's red nose. The wife assumes it indicates heavy drinking ("his money"), while the husband protests it's simply his complexion. He sarcastically suggests she'd prefer if he were a "blonde" man with red facial coloring—implying she's being unreasonable about his appearance. The upper sketch shows what appears to be a beggar or vagabond in winter conditions, illustrating the "After the Ball" poem about post-celebration hardship. The humor relies on marital tension and physical appearance stereotypes common to early 20th-century satirical magazines. The specific social context—whether referencing actual contemporary scandals—remains unclear without additional historical documentation.
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- LIFE: AFTER THE BALL. "ER the snow-laid ways we noiseless rolled Home from a ball on that winter's night ; *Twas a happy chance that had put me there— A chaperon’s sudden, fainting plight. And now we two were all that shared The cozy ease of her father’s brougham— With what sweet abandon she nestled back, All down and fur, in its friendly gloom ! The streets flew by, our talk had stopped, Should I grasp the chance which fate had thrown ? Her speaking silence gave me hope— . I tenderly whispered, ‘* Madge, my own !” She answered not ; I touched her hand, Her soft breath made my pulses leap ; Then a light shown in from a passing lamp ; It fell on Madge—she was sound asleep ! Margaret H, Welch HEALTH, FEW remarks about the care of the health are quite in order at this season of the year. Take your health to some safe place and hide it. People are on the lookout for health all the time and they might steal yours. If you haven't any health, of course you need not worry about it, and in fact need not read this article. ‘ Do not run after a cold. A cold does not run so fast but that, slow as you are, you might catch it. Having caught it, however, try to give it to the rest of your family so they will not bother you with their sympathy. ate tle 4; a ii. - SO alll First Burglar: BALL, YER NEVER HEAR NO ONE WHO HAS A GooD WORD FOR A HOUSEBREAKER, THEY NEVER TAKES iTO CONSIDERA- TION THAT WE'RE OBLIGED TO BE OUT IN ALL KINDS 0’ WEATHER, AN’ THAT MOST 0’ OUR WORK HAS TO BE DONE WHILE LAZY FOLKS IS SOUND ASLEEP IN THEIR BEDS ! 115 Be careful what you eat. People who live in board- ing-houses should pay especial attention to this. Be careful what you wear. Wear good warm clothes if you have them. Otherwise wear what you haveand tell people that they are warm. Be cheerful. All you have to do to be cheerful is to try. It is so easy. Be careful what you breathe. If possible have the air you breathe analyzed before you breathe it. At any rate breathe as little as possible. Do not sleep more than eight hours aday. You will have plenty of time to sleep after you are dead. It is therefore a waste of time. Be careful what you drink. It is your duty to drink something, however, as the government must have a revenue. If you are invited to drink by a friend, drink a more expensive drink than you would under other circumstances. This will help you to be cheerful. In case you should die you need not send the editor of this paper your change of address, so that is one thing less to worry about. Much as the inhabitants want it, LIFE is not received at either place. Tom Hall. He: Ou, 17's just mis Money! I poN'T see now YOU CAN STAND A MAN WITH A NOSE AS RED AS A DANGER SIGNAL. She: It’s NOT. BESIDES—IT WOULD RE DI RENT IF I WERE A Alonde; BUT ANY SHADE OF RED GOES VERY NICELY WITH MY COMPLEXION, comicbooks.com