Life, 1892-11-17 · page 9 of 19
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 283 This page contains several disconnected satirical pieces rather than a unified cartoon. **"Egotism"** quotes an old Scottish saying about supernatural intervention, then contrasts it with H. Dodge Ticknor's wish that "some fairy, witch or elf" would make others see him as he sees himself—poking fun at vanity and self-deception. **"The Catch of the Season"** mocks a woman (Belle) considering marrying Colin Wood solely because his father owns a coal yard—satire on mercenary marriages. **"Temperance Advocate"** presents a comedic exchange where a teetotaler's claims are undercut by his casual drug use, satirizing hypocrisy in moral crusades. **"Deacon Medders"** reports a bank cashier's robbery, with commentary suggesting his openly lavish lifestyle should have raised suspicion—satire on obliviousness or complicity. The page appears to be primarily humorous commentary rather than political satire.
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283 EGOTISM. HAVE oft’ heard people say, “O wad some power the giftie gie us"— (Quoting from an old Scottish lay) “To see oursels as others sce us," But I would far more happy be If some fairy, witch or elf, Would make the other people see Me, just as I see myself, H. Dodge Tichenor, THE CATCH OF THE SEASON. ELLE: I don’t know what you see in Mr. Colin Wood to marry him for. He hasn't a gleam of sense. MAUDE: No, but his father keeps a coal yard. * EMPERANCE ADVO- CATE: For twenty years, young man, not a drop of liquor has passed my lips. YOUNG MAN: How do you take it; hypodermically ? HE (wickedly): Aren't you afraid of softening of the brain ? ‘She: WHEN YOU SPEAK TO PAPA, AND ASK HIS CONSENT, HE IS SURE TO DEMAND WHAT HE: Naw—had it three times YOUR PROSPECTS ARE. alweady, don’t you know— He: How Can I TELL HIM WHAT MY PROSPECTS ARE UNLESS HE SHOWS HIS HAND FIRST? doesn't worry me a bit. Each of these fragments would suggest to a painter of imagination a picture that could be painted, The last two lines would furnish Watts or Kenyon Cox a wonderful allegorical subject, worthy of the greatest skill and pati :nce. . It is easy to find other and deeper things in Tennyson to admire, but surely the thing Policeman, which gave him the widest appeal is this image-making power which saw ideas as pictures and set them in melodious verse. Droch. HE Servant-girls’ Trust is one of the oldest established. It is in NEW BOOKS. LOVE'S TEMPTATION. By Emilie Edwards. Chicago: N.C. Smith Publishing Company. ~ Our Little Men and Maidens, New York: E.P. Duttonand Company. An Attic Philosopher in Paris. By Emile Souvestre. New York: D. Appleton and Company. Tae Beautics of Nature. By the Right Hon. Sir Joba Lubbock, Bart... M.P.. F.R.S.,D.C.L.. LL.D. New York and London: Macmillan and Company. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X. By Imbert de Saint-Amand, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean, By Lee Merriwether. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. The Gilded Fly, By Harold Payne. St. Paul: The Price-MeGill Company. Souvenir Guide to Chicago and the World's Fair. By Thomas E. Hill. Chicago: Laird and Lee. EACON MEDDERS: Skipps, the cashier of the Onderdonk County Bank, ran away last night. They say he has been robbing the bank for more than a year. Mrs. MEpDpERS: They might have known that he was living beyond his means. Why, Josiah, his folks actually used to sit in their parlor every night! “GETTING THE HANG OF IT.” comicbooks.com