Life, 1893-06-08 · page 13 of 16
Life — June 8, 1893 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several distinct pieces of satirical humor typical of Life magazine's early 20th-century format: **Main Feature**: "How an Enterprising Tramp Rose in the World" — a four-panel comic strip showing a vagrant constructing an elaborate trap (appears to be a net or snare) to catch something, progressing through increasingly chaotic scenes. The satire suggests resourcefulness or cunning schemes. **Text Sections**: Dramatic monologues and short comedic sketches, including: - A melodramatic farewell scene involving characters Blumer and Maude Summit - Poetry tributes ("After Herrick") mocking romantic verse - Brief joke exchanges about logic (the tree/lightning joke) and wordplay (calling a cook "Misery") **The Satire**: The humor targets Victorian sentimentality, pretentious poetry, domestic situations, and everyday absurdities. The juxtaposition of dramatic dialogue with visual comedy was characteristic of Life's format, blending literary and visual humor for educated readers. The page represents typical early Life content: sophisticated, somewhat cynical commentary on manners, romance, and human behavior.
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will ever remain. Its chasten- ing influence shall ever surround me. You may never see me again. Think of me sometimes as one who loved you, not wisely but too well. I go. Farewell. (Rushes madly out). THE NEXT DAY AT THE CLUB. CLEVERTON: I see Von Blumer’s engagement is an- nounced, DasHaway: To whom? CLEVERTON Maude Sum- mit. DASHAWAY: That girl! Well she's a nice little thing. I used to be in love with her myself. Tom Masson. AFTER HERRICK. To Daphne. APHNE in her village cart, Looking so benign, Doth remind me of the sweet Morning-glory vine. For this lovely maiden, it Strikes an humble man, Doth delight in running o- Ver everything she can. To Chloe. Chloe, as you burst upon ‘The dancing room last night, You were just entrancing in Your little gown of white ; And had I never seen you in Your dress of blue and brown, I'd ne'er have known your beauty lay All in that snow-white gown, Peggy Pattison. A SUGGESTION. R.JONES: Iassure you, Miss Ethel, it was a terrible storm, Every moment I was expecting the lightning to strike the tree I was under. Miss ETHEL: Then why didn’t you get under some other tree ? “ HY do jou call your new cook Misery?” “Because she loves com- pany.” : > LIFE - 371 HOW AN ENTERPRISING TRAMP ROSE IN THE WORLD. comicbooks.com