Life — January 5, 1893 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *Life* magazine contains two separate satirical pieces: **Top:** A portrait of **S. W. Van Schaick** surrounded by small scenic photographs, likely illustrating his work or interests (the specific context is unclear from the image alone). **Bottom:** Two brief dialogue jokes: 1. **"Enough Below"** — A theological joke where "Theolo" (a theologian) and "Diablo" (the devil) discuss Brooklyn Unitarians. The humor plays on the Unitarian rejection of hellfire doctrine; Diablo humorously doubts a Brooklyn man could believe in divine punishment—a dig at both Brooklyn practicality and Unitarian theology. 2. **"The Governor of Tennessee to the Governor of Kentucky"** — A regional stereotype joke. Kentucky's governor supposedly has no word for "when" in his vocabulary—implying Kentuckians are perpetually unreliable about timing or commitments, or speak in an unusually limited dialect. Both jokes rely on period stereotypes about religious denominations and regional dialects to generate humor.