Life, 1893-05-11 · page 9 of 14
Life — May 11, 1893 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Political Cartoons from Life Magazine, Page 303 This page contains three distinct cartoons satirizing different subjects: 1. **"For the Sake of Argument"** discusses capital versus labor—a debate about whether borrowed money represents capital or labor when repaid, reflecting labor/economic tensions of the era. 2. **"Outrageous"** features a caricatured figure (appears to be a racist depiction of an African American) at a zoo, accompanying text about "calling the monkeys in the Zoo by Irish names" and declaring them "snobs and flunkies." This satirizes both anti-Irish and racist attitudes, apparently mocking those who make such offensive comparisons. 3. A third cartoon shows figures in conversation with the phrase "Certainly it's of no consequence, I can assure you," likely commenting on social pretension or dishonesty. The "New Books" section lists contemporary publications including works by Octave Thanet and George Gissing.
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- LIFE: of blue hills on the horizon where his fancy may always play in sunshine and storm. If he does that, his next book will be more successful than the first; and it won't be due to a World of Chance, but to a World of Law which delights in high hopes, in strength, in energy—the forces of Nature working their best in the clear air of God’s country. Droch. NEW BOOKS. STORIES OF A WESTERN TOWN. By Octave Thanet. Illustrated » “by A.B. Frost. New Yorke les Scribner's Sons. The Odd Women. By George Gissing. New York and London: Mac- millan and Company. Voodoo Tales. Collected by Mary Alicia Owen. Illustrated by Juliette A. Owen and Louis Wain. New York and London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, George William Curtis, By William Winter, New York and London : Macmillan and Company. A Study in Temptations, By John Oliver Hobbes. New York: Cas sell Publishing Company. Stories about Lawyers, By J. Cordy Jeafirason. New York: G. W. Dillingham, Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi. By George H. Devol. New York: G, W. Dillingham, FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT. ““Now, SUPPOSING I BORROWED FIVE DOLLARS FROM YOU; THAT WOULD REPRESENT CAPITAL, WOULDN'T IT?” “Yes.” “BUT, SUPPOSING, AFTER AWHILE, YOU WANTED TO GET IT Back —" “THAT WOULD REPRESENT LABOR.” OUTRAGEOUS. Erin's sons, in wrath, declare us snobs and flunkies ; And demand that we withdraw them—nor should we ignore their claims— For it's really very hard—upon the monkeys. comicbooks.com