Life, 1892-12-22 · page 14 of 16
Life — December 22, 1892 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine is primarily **advertising** with some satirical **dialogue snippets** interspersed. The cartoon/editorial content consists of brief humorous exchanges mocking social conventions: 1. **Boys' conversation** about a school cantata—satirizing childish earnestness and simple ambitions ("I crow"). 2. **"Girls are original people"** dialogue—a man recounts a woman's claim to have never been kissed except by her father, then reveals he kissed her eighteen times in one evening. The satire mocks both female affectation of innocence and male boasting. 3. **Monopoly definition joke**—a professor asks students to define "monopoly"; a woman answers "love," implying romantic/emotional exclusivity. This plays on contemporary economic debates about monopolies while making a mild romantic jest. The rest is **period advertising** for carriages, tobacco, hats, shaving products, jewelry, and food extracts—typical of a magazine's revenue model in this era.
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LI GRRE aa hr aS A a And the constant = AG Is the one who gets the trade First Roy: SECOND Boy Fixst Boy Srcoxt Boy Fist "to be in? country th sp Boys Do ye of the primmer donas. —Wahoo Wasp. © come to the concert our music-teacher is goin’ to give. We're goin’ to give a cantata: H about sunshine and storms, and picnics, and harvesters, FE First Boy: N-no, Stconn Be First Boy: I'm only in the first scene, * Early mornin’ on the farm. : What do you I crow.—Good + Butrixctt: Do you know, I think girls are such original people, Miss Swit What makes you say that ? BuLFIncn: Well, I wasat a little party the other night and a girl was holdin the terrible improp g kissed, and a little, innocent, blue eyed he thought so, too, and that not only would she never permit such a thing, but sh never had been kissed in all her life, except by her father. MISS SMILAX: Well, admit that was possibly a trifle unusual, but I don’t see any- thing so very remarkable about it, BeLrixcn; Well, you see, I'd just been drink of water and I'd kissed ber eighteen time the dining-room with her to get roston Courter, I'm going to bring my wife round to call on you to-night. av’s right; but do me a favor, old man. Don't let her wear her new neantimay wife to see it just now. that’s what we are coming for Jones. Joxes (grimly) . Exchange. 1E PROFESSOR (én the Five O'Clock Ladies’ Culture and Water-crackers Society) Monopoly, then, may be defined as the exclusive control by certain agencies of desirab'e opportunities denied to others. Now, Miss Oldish, please name a monopoly. Miss Otvisit (stil! unasked): E—love.—Chicago News Record. Foou.onEarth! Tea Mosry Norman Tua Mos Patavance Twe Basiary Dicasrao ‘Twe Quicuast Cooweo Head Office, 615th New Vers Aes NCR. Ofice, 409 Tremont Sig Pritadeipha Offer, 6 ag Aceh St Wentern Gmcecitnc Webe ah Aved hieaeo FLANDRAU & CO. CARRIAGES |- OF THE BEST CLASS, FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY. A Large Assortment of all Standard Designs and Novel Driving Traps, 372, 374, 376 Broome Street. Broadway, Slst St, and 7th Avo.lsg w. 23d Street, - caovaiax CELEBRATED HATS, AND Ladies’ Round Hats and Bennets And The Dunlap Silk Umbrella. ile Medal Awarded, Parte Exposition, 1008,” A “GRAND. COMBINATION YALE MIXTURE FOR THE PIPE. A Delightful Blend of St. James Parish, Lousiana, Perique, Genuine Imported Turkish, Extra Bright Plug Cut, Extra ‘Bright Long Cut, and Marburg ‘Bros.’ Celebrated Brand “Pickings.”” ___ MARBURG BROS. “LIFE” BINDER Cheap, Strong and Durable. ‘Will hold 38 Numbers, Address OFFICE OF “LIFE,” SPAULDING& Co. (snoonponatan.) Gold ana Silver Smiths. For the Holiday Season We show a most complete stock in Diae monds, Watches, Sterling Silver- ware, Clocks, Jewelry, Brie: Brac, Opera Glasses, Pine Silver , Mounted Leather Goods, Silver Toilet Sots and Works of Art, suit MS' SHAVING STICK. MILLIANS® "6 oor able for Wedding and Holiday Presents. Cheeks and Chins are kept. soft—cool—fresh and | comfortable if | Williams’ Shaving Stick | 36 Ave, de l'Opera. Paris. State & Jackson Sts Chicage. 18th Edition, postpaid, for ase. (or stamps). THE HUMAN HAIR, Why it Falls Off, Turns Grey, and the Remedy. hy Frof. HARLEY PAR: ER, F.R.A.S. LNG & Co., 1013 Arch St. Philada., Pa, Every one should read this’ little book.” Athenaeum. ther rich as thick cream—Never drics ce. Your Drugiist has it, 2 Armour’s Extract. In the kitchen, as an aid to good cooking, Armour'’s extract of Beef finds its largest field. It is greatly relished by invalids, but. you-should not limit its use tc New York. the sick room. Our little Cook Book explains many ways of using Armour's Extract. We mail it free. Armour & Company, Chicago. comicbooks.com)