Life, 1892-07-21 · page 11 of 16
Life — July 21, 1892 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 39 The large left illustration depicts "The Revels of a Graduate When It Snows It" — a chaotic winter scene showing well-dressed figures engaged in rowdy behavior (sledding, throwing snowballs), rendered in exaggerated, energetic sketch style to mock youthful excess. The right column contains three brief satirical dialogues: 1. **"All Gone"** — mocks a woman who packed expensive flannel gowns for a shore trip, only to lose them when dampness ruined the trunk. 2. **"A Bad Thing for Alabama"** — criticizes Alabama's new liquor prohibition law within three miles of churches/schools, with a Colonel sardonically noting that enforced temperance destroyed all schoolhouses within three years. 3. **"At a Women's Right's Meeting"** — a cartoon of a woman standing on a chair, captioned "A Mouse!" — likely satirizing women's rights advocates as hysterically fearful.
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39 ALL GONE. HE packed a trunk with flannel gowns And took it to the shore, But when the damp air struck that trunk Those flannels were no more. A BAD THING FOR ALABAMA, M® JENKS: 1 see that a new law in Alabama prohibits the selling of liquor within three miles of a church or school-house. THE COLONEL (from Louisville): That's a terrible blow to Alabama. Think so? EL: I should say so. In three years there won't be a church or school- house left in the State. USTOMER: Isn’t two dollars a bottle rather high for cod liver oil ? DruGoist : Ordinarily, yes; but you forget, sir, that you get this by prescription. AT A WOMEN'S RIGHT e = f be = Wi t < 5 a < « ic) < wu ° a w c w > iy « w xr - A MOUSE! comicbooks.com