Life, 1893-06-22 · page 7 of 14
Life — June 22, 1893 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 397 This page contains four satirical cartoon vignettes (left side) depicting a man in various financial predicaments, accompanied by captions about debt and money troubles. The cartoons illustrate consequences of borrowing and financial mismanagement—a common satirical theme in early 20th-century humor magazines. The right side features a pastoral illustration with livestock and includes discussion of Mr. Putnam's novel *Lyndon*, which addresses the status of enlisted men in the American army—apparently a contemporary social issue. The "New Books" section lists recent publications, while "Poems of Style" presents a dialogue between a Principal and Young Lady about graduation essays. The overall page mixes literary criticism, social commentary, and financial humor typical of *Life* magazine's satirical approach to contemporary American concerns.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“LT MAVE RAISED $500.00 OF THE AMOUNT I owe You, WHICH I WILL FoRWARD— ——AS SOON AS I AM ABLE TO GET UP. BEEN IN BED THREE Days. ——WITH SMALLPOX, AND——* I Have The Bull: 1 GUESS THAT GIRL BELIEVED HIM WHEN ME SAID HE WOULD DIE FOR HER, BUT 1 DON'T THINK SHE HAD AN IDEA THAT HE INTENDED TO RUN HIMSELF TO DEATH, are not addicted to malice, scandal and treachery in love. These women seem to be very much in love with their husbands, fond of society, and withal fairly charitable. Of course they are given to gossip—but “gossip is contemporary history ''—and all women are born historians. a . . NCIDENTALLY Mr. Putnam’s story contains some pertinent reflections on the status of the enlisted man in the American army—a question which has bothered all army men from Post Commander to Secretary of War. The hero of the novel, Lyndon, believes that the only way to raise the standard is to treat the enlisted man as though he were a human being with ambition, and not a mere cog in a drill-machine. ‘It is a mighty good thing " says the Major, “for a man to have a steady ticker in his breast ; but a good heart is better.” Droch. NEW BOOKS. STORIES OF THE RAILWAY. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Old Kaskaskia. By Mary Hartwell Catherwood. Boston and New York: Houghton, Miffin and Company. My Wickedness, New York: The Cleveland Publishing Company. Cap and Gown. Boston: Joseph Knight Company. Am 1a Jew or Gentile? By Thomas A. Davies. New York: G. W. Dillingham. Jessamine. By Marion Harland. New York: G. W. Dillingham. I've Been Thinking, By A.S. Roe. New York: G. W. Dillingham Stories About Doctors. By J. Cordy Jeflerson. New York: G. W. Dillingham. What Colors You Should Wear. Boston: Walter G, Chase. The Vest Pocket Webster, Chicago: Laird and Lee. Christ, By C, Sadakichi Hartmann. A Medicus in Love. ByG.Von Taube. New York: W. D. Rowland. POEMS OF STYLE. RINCIPAL: Now, young ladies, it is time you commenced to think of your graduation essays. YounG Lavy: I suppose we are to puta good deal of research into them, are we not ? PRINCIPAL: Yes, they ought not to be too long, and very modest in the matter of crinoline. comicbooks.com