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Life — March 30, 1893 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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Life — March 30, 1893 — page 15: Life, 1893-03-30

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This appears to be a satirical illustration from *Life* magazine showing a church interior scene with multiple figures in formal attire gathered around flowering plants. The caption fragment references "ceremonies" and mentions something "returning to the flesh and the devil." The drawing style uses heavy cross-hatching typical of early 20th-century satirical illustration. The Gothic church architecture in the background and the formal dress suggest this satirizes religious hypocrisy or the contrast between church propriety and worldly behavior. However, the OCR text is severely fragmented and incomplete. Without the full caption or clearer context about the specific date and event being satirized, I cannot definitively identify which historical moment or public figures this targets. The exact satirical point remains unclear from the available information.

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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

REMONIES WILL xo OW RETURN TO THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL. comicbooks.com