Life — July 20, 1893 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "A Suggestion" - Life Magazine, July 20, 1893 This cartoon presents a domestic dispute with satirical commentary on marriage. The titled caption reads: "He: I was a fool when I married you. She: Well, don't you think it is about time for you to get over it? We've been married fifteen years." The humor targets the husband's belated regret and the wife's sharp, cutting response. The cartoon satirizes marital discord and the expectation that a spouse should have "gotten over" such doubts after fifteen years of marriage. The woman's retort suggests resignation to an unhappy union while pointedly mocking her husband's continued self-recrimination. The ornate decorative border and magazine masthead frame typical satirical content mocking middle-class domestic relationships, a common theme in 1890s American humor magazines.