Life, 1892-04-21 · page 5 of 18
Life — April 21, 1892 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 249 **Top Cartoon: "In New York"** This depicts a social scene where well-dressed men from Baltimore or Boston encounter New York society. The caption's joke hinges on the observation that in New York's high society, "all the men one meets seem to come from somewhere else"—satirizing New York's transient upper class and suggesting that native New Yorkers are absent from fashionable circles, or that the city attracts wealth from elsewhere. **Bottom Section:** Contains unrelated satirical dialogue exchanges about a janitor and coal expenses, mocking petty domestic disputes and financial complaints among urban residents. **Overall**: The page satirizes class distinctions, geographic snobbery, and the pretensions of urban society circa early 20th century.
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IN NEW YORK. Mr. R. Lightleigh Dullyng : He's—aAW—FROM BALTIMORE OR BOSTON OR SOMEWHERE, She; PROBABLY. ALL THE men ONE MEETS IN SOCIETY SEEM TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. T’ was not Dr. Parkhurst but a Baltimore clergy- man who, in beginning a sermon on gambling, announced the following appropriate text: And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man and he saw.—2 Kings, 6:17. ITY EDITOR: We ought to get anew heading for the weather column. “Local Forecasts" is about played out. ASSISTANT: How would “The Unexpected Al- ways Happens" do ? R. NORRIS: Is the janitor of your flat honest ? MR. SKVHIGH: I guess so; I gave him five dollars when I moved in last May, and I haven't had "A LONG TRAMP AMONG THE MILLS." to buy but one ton of coal since. comicbooks.com