Life, 1892-05-26 · page 8 of 18
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 330 **"We Need More Like Him"** features Dr. Parkhurst, a real reformer whom Life endorses for fighting corruption and vice in New York City. The editorial criticizes newspapers for covering his anti-corruption efforts with ridicule rather than support, comparing this to expecting saloon keepers to suppress liquor sales. **"The Tragic Mice"** is a humorous poem about star-crossed rodent lovers. A male mouse refuses marriage to his beloved because "another little mouse / Refused to be his bride," leading to tragic deaths. The cat observes their doom with ironic sympathy. The bottom cartoon shows two men discussing marriage—one seated, one standing with a watering can—captioned with a cynical joke about losing self-respect if married.
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*LIFE- WE NEED MORE LIKE HIM. R. PARKHURST has Lire's best wishes in the good fight he is making. He is a sincere and courageous citizen and deserves the unqualified support of every thoughtful inhabitant of this rotten municipality. And the daily press? Where is it? Lending a hand? Oh, no! It is doing its best to cover him with ridicule. It is siding openly with the vice that Dr. Parkhurst is trying his best to expose and suppress. However, it is hardly reasonable to expect a daily paper to wage war against the filth and crime on which it relies for its most exciting matter. As soon expect a saloon keeper to suppress the sale of liquor. In the mean time Dr. Parkhurst has the hearty sym- pathy and best wishes of every thoughtful citizen. NEXT! OW that we've had the flower show, Now that we've shown our equine broods, We think an exhibition'd go To show just what we've done in dudes. No CHICKEN Patty—Adelina. THE TRAGIC MICE. T was a tragic little mouse All bent on suicide Because another little mouse Refused to be his bride. $3 ox “Alas !" he squeaked, ‘I shall not wed ! My heart and paw she spurns, T'll hie me to the cat instead, From whence no mouse returns!” The playful cat met him half way, Said she, ‘I feel for you, You're dying for a mouse you say, I'm dying for one, too!” Now when Miss Mouse beheld his doom, Struck with remorse, she cried, “In death we'll meet, O cat! make room For one more mouse inside.” The playful cat was charmed ; said she, ‘*T shall be, in a sense, Your pussy catafalque!” Ah me! It was her last offence ! * 8 © © Reader, take warning from this tale, And shun the punster’s trick ; Those mice for fear lest cats might fail, Had eaten arsenic! O. H. “WHY DON'T YOU GET MARRIED “BECAUSE IF ANY WOMAN CONSENTED TO MARRY ME I'D LOSE MY RESPECT FOR HER.” comicbooks.com