Life, 1893-05-11 · page 7 of 14
Life — May 11, 1893 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 301 The main cartoon depicts two figures in what appears to be a courtroom or formal setting beneath a large clock. The accompanying dialogue and "IN CHICAGO" caption suggest this satirizes marital discord and divorce proceedings—a common Life magazine subject. The text below jokes about "Mrs. Lakleigh" who "gets a rich husband" each time she marries but "always divorces a poor one"—mocking wealthy women who serially marry for money then discard husbands of lesser means. The other items on the page are brief humorous anecdotes: one about mistaken identity ("I looked like you"), another about a barber shop sign quoting an old English psalm about mortality and money. The overall theme appears to be satirizing American social pretension, materialism, and the divorce culture among the wealthy.
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She: HUSBAND. He: Mrs. LAKELEIGH IS VERY LUCKY, Ves; - LIFE: 301 IME is dead ! TIME IS DEAD. Ah, donot weep, Time's alive—he's young and strong. Why should you or I care whether And sporting in the mountain heather. He e’er wakes from the long sleep. Time but slept—and that not long, Time is dead when we're together. He woke to find us not together. IN CHICAGO. ND ALWAYS DIVORCES A POOR 0: Tom Hall. ANYTHING FOR NOVELTY. CCORDING to infermation received from the New York Times, that newspaper has suddenly become a marvel of truth, dignity and enterprise. The 7¢mes certainly ought to know. Of the enterprise, there is no question after its publication the other day of a portrait of President Cleveland. It was rather a poor portrait, although large and occupying considerable space in the paper, but how glad the public must have been to get an idea of Mr. Cleveland's face! Where did the 77mes find a photograph of that gentleman? This restless energy is all very well, but the Zymes must not push it too far. If some of its lynx-eyed reporters stumble across a map of the United States, the 7imes would probably reproduce it at once, just for the sake of being the first in the field. MITH: I meta man to-day who told me | looked like you. Jones (fiercely): Who was it? If 1 can find him I'll knock him down, SMITH (ca/mly): Don't trouble yourself; 1 knocked him down at once. UTSIDE a barber's shop was hanging an old sign with the head of a man painted on it and a hand pointing to the chin, with the following inscription from the old English psalter. Man wants but little here below. Nor wants that little long. MONEY makes the dun go. EVERY TIME SHE MARRIES, SHE GETS A RICH A FRIEND IN NEED. comicbooks.com