Life, 1892-09-15 · page 7 of 18
Life — September 15, 1892 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 147 This page contains two distinct pieces: **Top dialogue**: A conversation between Mabel and her Cousin Tom about a man's marital status. The joke turns on whether his attentiveness and romantic declarations indicate he's married or single—Cousin Tom concludes he must be married, as only a husband would be that openly affectionate and complimentary. **Bottom cartoon ("The Old Habits")**: Shows a man at a window, seemingly trying to enter or escape. The caption references heavenly aspirations—the man claims he wants to enter heaven but has grown accustomed to earthly pleasures, so he's not changing his ways. It's a commentary on human resistance to moral improvement or religious reformation, suggesting people become too comfortable with their habits to reform. The rubber plant illustration appears unrelated commentary on Christian Science principles.
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“(WHAT A HORRID MISTAKE, MR. JAUNE, THEY MADE ABOUT YOUR PICTURE ‘READY FOR THE BALL,’ WHEN THEY CATALOGUED it ‘READY FOR THE Batu,’” “ THERE WAS NO HARM DONE, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO CALL IT AT FIRST MYSELF.” Ma: He is such a delightful fellow, but the trouble is, we don’t know whether he is married or single. HER Cousin Tom: Is he very attentive ?—willing to come or go—anxious to obey your lightest wish ? MABEL: Yes, he is. HER Cousin Tom: Courageous in telling you how lovely you are, and what an -influence such. a waman. would have over a man’s life? Ready, in fact, to prostrate himself at your feet ? MABEL: That just expresses it. HER Cousin: Then, he’s married ! WE CONSIDER THIS RUBBER PLANT OF INTEREST, AS IT ILLUSTRATES THE BENEFICIAL RESULT OF APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TO INANIMATE OBJECTS. THE PLANT Is 1X A NORTH WINDOW OF OUR OFFICE, BUT BY BRINGING OUR MINDS TO BEAR UPON IT AT PROPER PERIODS, WE ARE NOW REAP: INO THE REWARDS OF OUR FAITH AND PERSEVERANCE. THE OLD HABITS. NKS: I don't see why doctors “Do You WANT TO CET IN HERE?” ever gave up blood-letting. “Not EXACTLY, IF IT'S ALL THE SAME TO YOU I'D LIKE To LIVE A LITTLE way out FILKINS: Nor 1; their bills are OF HEAVEN AND COME IN EVERY DAY, THAT 18 WHAT I HAVE BEEN USED TO ON EARTH,” eminently adapted to that purpose. comicbooks.com