Life, 1892-04-21 · page 8 of 18
Life — April 21, 1892 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page contains two distinct elements: **Top Section**: A six-panel comic strip showing a man attempting to climb a drainpipe toward a window of a small building (appears to be an outhouse). The progression shows him planning ("The Predicament"), considering ("Let Us Think"), getting an idea, then executing the climb through stages ("Now," "Steady," "Congratulations"). **Bottom Section**: "Requiescat in Pace" — a humor column of brief exchanges between named contributors discussing social topics: painting exhibitions, house guests, shopping for quilts, the Hangtop Hotel, and tipping etiquette. The comic strip is visual slapstick humor about someone's desperate bathroom situation. The column represents typical early 20th-century satirical banter about genteel social conventions and urban/small-town life. Both reflect *Life* magazine's blend of visual comedy and witty social commentary.
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THE PREDICAMENT. “LET US THINK.” AN IDEA! REQUIESCAT IN PACE. HE man who fears to go his way alone, But follows where the greater number tread, stone; ad. Should hasten to his rest beneath The great majority of men are d JNationat Acapeaticias : No, your painting does not injure the canvas. By working in a light tone and by scraping down, after each annual exhibition, the canvas should improve with experience. F. L. S.: Your thoughts are not unjust. A hostess who invites a limited number of guests to her house and neglects to make them acquainted with each other is capable of anything that is ill bred. She would set the dog on you if she thought it was the fashion. Lapy oF Fasitox: Let your skirts trail by all means, By so do- ing you accomplish a task neglected by the city. It is sickening to reflect upon the condition of your skirt after a short trip over acity pavement, but if you can stand it the rest of us can. Besse G.: No, your fiancé could not successfully sue you for the return of the engagement ring. Voter: Salt Creek is not located on the maps. Perhaps Senator Hill can give you the desired information. Lakewoop: We would cheerfully contribute but we don’t think either the gold cure or the Pasteur treatment would remove the old gentleman's Clevelandophobia. Humane: When Henry Bergh was alive the Fifth Avenue Stage Company took better care of its horses. ISS PINKERLY: Do you know where I can get some cast off neckties for a quilt ? Mrs. Binco: Ask Mr. Kingley. I was out shopping with his wife yesterday and she bought him a lot. RIGGS: Are you going back to the Bangup Hotel this year ? Griccs: Not much. 1] came away last year from that hotel and forgot to tip the head waiter. “ STEADY.” CONGRATULATIONS. comicbooks.com