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# Life Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two separate humor pieces from *Life* magazine (Volume XX, Number 519). **Top cartoon**: Shows a domestic scene where a man seated and a man standing discuss marriage. The caption reads: "So you want to marry Emma—but she is my only daughter" / "Oh, that's all right, sir. I only want one." The joke plays on the father's protective concern being humorously deflated by the suitor's matter-of-fact response. **Bottom section**: Two brief comic anecdotes—"She Sported Harvard Colors" (about a Yale man's wife with red hair) and "Restaurant Grammar" (about a waiter's linguistic confusion between "Boston" and "roast beeves"). These are simple wordplay jokes typical of early 20th-century humor magazines.
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VOLUME Xx. NUMBER 519. “So YOU WANT TO MARRY EMMA—BUT SHE IS MY ONLY DAUGHTER.” “OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, SIR, I ONLY WANT ONE.” SHE SPORTED HARVARD COLORS. RESTAURANT GRAMMAR. IDN'T Jack take his wife to the foot-ball game at EEFSTEAK BEN (waster ina Bowery restaurant): Springfield?” De dude waiter must be from Boston ! “No,” PORKCHOP JOE (another waiter): Howjer know ? “Why not?” BEE EAK BEN:> He yelled “Two roast beeves!" to * Jack's a Yale man and his wife has red hair.” the kitchen, ‘stead o' * Two roast beefs!" comicbooks.com