Life, 1892-06-16 · page 10 of 16
Life — June 16, 1892 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# "What Goes Up Must Come Down" This page from *Life* magazine contains a sequential cartoon showing two figures on increasingly unstable seesaws, illustrating the proverb that what rises must fall. The left panel depicts the physical principle through silhouettes of adults and children on tilting planks. The right panel shows a well-dressed couple with umbrellas, with dialogue suggesting frustration about time constraints—a man complains that days should be longer to accomplish tasks in a 24-hour period. The section "Recognizing the Situation" presents a brief dialogue between characters named Caraway and Hooks, discussing enduring friendship despite life's difficulties. The final panels show the seesaw principle escalating to comic extremes, with figures being violently catapulted upward as the plank tips. The satire appears to mock human complaints about temporal limitations and the inevitable consequences of unstable circumstances.
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378 - LIFE: WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN. He: DEAH ME, THE DAYS OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MADE LONGER; DON'T YOU THINK ? She: 1 pox*t KNow. He: Wy, CERTAINLY THEY OUGHT, YOU know. How CAN A FELLAH DWESS FOUR TIMES IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AND HAVE TIME LEFT TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING! RECOGNIZING THE SITUATION. gs J S it not gratifying,” said Caraway, genially removing some dust from Hooks’ shoulder, “is it not indeed most comforting to reflect that our friendship, despite the vicissitudes of life, still remains as strong and unimpaired as it was in the beginning ?"” “I should say so,” assented Hooks. “ Will twenty do this time, do you think ?” comicbooks.com