Life, 1892-11-10 · page 13 of 16
Life — November 10, 1892 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of 1880s American humor: **"Renunciation"** is a sentimental poem about lost love—a man who nobly rejected a beautiful woman, only to watch another man claim her. It's likely mocking romantic melodrama popular in the era. **The "Daisy Victoria" cartoon** depicts racist humor common to the period: an elderly Black woman and man discussing a cousin's interracial marriage with disapproval, presented as comedy. This reflects the deeply prejudiced attitudes of the time. **"A Gentleman with a Cast in His Eye"** is a visual gag showing a man with an eye injury. **"The Return of the Native"** humorously reviews Buffalo Bill Cody's return from European lectures, joking that British visitors to Chicago's World's Fair will need weapons (Winchester rifles, lassos) to survive the city's dangers—treating Chicago as a lawless frontier town rather than a modern city. The bottom section references a Civil War battle anniversary (November 7, 1862).
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> LIFE: RENUNCIATION. I saw that the Rose was fresh and fair, But I went my way and left it there, For it seemed too sweet and pure to wear, Upon my breast. But another man came by and he Plucked that rose from the parent tree. He loved her! yes, but it seems to me, I loved her best! Harry Romaine. Daisy Victoria; AUNT HANNAH HAS JUS’ BIN AN’ TOLE ME DAT YOUR CoUuSIN BRUTUS HAS DONE GONE AN’ MARRIED A WHITE GAL. Uncle Crow: W-w-wHat I BIN TELLIN’ YER ALL ALONG, D-p-pipn'T 1 ALLUS SAY DAT DE BOY WUD DISGRACE HIS FAMBILY ? HE tailor-made gown costs a pretty figure, but it also bestows one. A GENTLEMAN WITH A CAST IN HIS EYE. 271 THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE. ON. WILLIAM F. CODY, better known to the readers of wild, western _ literature and lovers of Wild West spectacle as “ Buffalo Bill,” | has returned from Europe. _ He has there carried on a } series of illustrated lectures jon American life, which were in the nature of a preparation for Britishers who will visit the Chicago Fair. Mr. Cody knows Chicago, and under the instructions our British cousins have received from him they will doubtless be able to visit that city with comparative safety. ‘Their traveling accoutrements will con- sist largely of Winchester rifles, self-cocking revolvers and prepared ammunition. They have also learned from Mr. Cody's lectures that the lasso is a handy article of self-defence, and that it will come in especially handy in conflicts with Chicago hackmen and Chicago drinks. Mr. Cody's lectures will do much to insure an increased attendance at the Fair, and he has fairly earned anything that the Board of Promo- tion and Publicity may have paid him. N the way home from the services at the church, little Milly was very grave, so grave that finally her father asked her what was the matter. he said, “I am so sorry Mr. Wilson is not going “ Why, Mildred, what do you mean?" “ Well," she replied, “the minister said he was going to be taken to Brooklyn.” ANNIVERSARY OF THE WEEK. Novemner 7, 1862. GENERAL MEADE CAPTURES A PART OF LEI comicbooks.com ,