Life, 1892-03-10 · page 13 of 14
Life — March 10, 1892 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several unrelated satirical jokes typical of Life's humor: 1. **"Popular Science"**: A woman from Chicago jokes that she'd attend a lecture on sun spots only if it promised to cure her freckles—satirizing both pseudo-scientific lecturing and vanity. 2. **"Needn't Take His Own Medicine"**: References Jay Gould, the wealthy railroad magnate. The joke: Gould's wealth exempts him from using his own elevated railroad, mocking the hypocrisy of wealthy industrialists who don't patronize their own enterprises. 3. **"Why Not On One As Well As The Other?"**: A brief visual joke about a horse contraption for riders' comfort. 4. **"An Exponent of the Effete East"**: A New York socialite recounts being mugged in Oklahoma City, then beaten by "the bishop of the diocese"—satirizing both Eastern pretension and Wild West lawlessness, implying even clergy are corrupt or violent in the frontier. The page reflects Gilded Age concerns: scientific humbug, railroad monopolies, and regional cultural divisions.
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“A HIGH OLD TIME.” POPULAR SCIENCE. E (of Boston): Professor Ski- high is going to lecture on sun spots to-morrow SHE (of Chicago): Well, if 1 thought he could tellof a real, sure enough cure for them, I'd go to hear him. 1 freckle so easily. NEEON’'T TAKE HIS OWN MEDICINE. ZIRST CITIZEN: What do you think is the’ chief ad- vantage that Jay Gould derives from his wealth? SECOND CITIZEN: It exempts him from the necessity of riding on his own elevated road. WHY NOT ON ONE AS WELL AS THE OTHER? An ingenious device in vented by a horse for add- ing to the comfort and beauty of man while ex- excising. AN EXPONENT OF THE EFFETE EAST. ‘ork Crook: \ SUPPOSE YOU FOUND THINGS LIVELY IN OKLanostA CITY, AND BEFORE | COULD COMPEAIN To THE POLICE I WAS SAND-RAGGED RY THE BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE. comicbooks.com