Life, 1893-08-03 · page 15 of 18
Life — August 3, 1893 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical sketches mocking wealthy Americans' relationship with money and social respectability: **"Queered Himself"**: Elder Berry donates $10 to send Dr. Thirdly to Europe, then offers to *double* the amount if they'll send him to Africa instead—a crude joke implying Africa is worse/less desirable, revealing his true feelings despite charitable posturing. **Roger's fishing story**: A child innocently exposes the hypocrisy of the wealthy poor. When asked about fishing luck, he reveals they visited three homes where the owners refused to share—not because they were away, but because they "didn't have enough for [their] own family," exposing their actual poverty beneath pretenses. **"For the Stomach's Sake"**: A husband promises "moderate drinkers" as dinner guests, but his wife sarcastically responds by putting "a bucket of cognac on the buffet with a dipper in it"—mocking both his lie and the guests' likely excessive drinking. The page's theme: wealthy Americans' attempts at respectability are undermined by their greed and dishonesty.
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THE SORT OF THING THAT OCCASIONALLY CONFRONTS YOU WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING A QUIET SELF-RESPECTING TIME IN THE COUNTRY, AND HAVE ALMOST FORGOTTEN THE POMPS AND VA} QUEERED HIMSELF. LDER BERRY: Joblots made a bad break in church to-day. Mrs. BERRY: What did he do? ELDE! Subscribed ten dollars toward sending Dr. Thirdly to Europe, and offered to double the amount if they would make it Africa. TIES OF TH LMIGHTY DOLLAR. if OGER, aged six, had been fishing with his father the day before, anda friend of the family asked him what luck they had had. “ Well,” he replied, * we didn’t have very good luck. The first place we went to the man wasn’t home and the other two places the man said he hadn't more’n enough for his own family.” FOR THE STOMACH’S SAKE. Wife: Wiom Witt. YoU BRING TO DINNER? Husband : Cot, GORE AND SOME FRI Wife: Nov THE REGULATION TOPE: Husband: No. Wife: , 1 HO! THE COLONEL SAID THEY WERE MODERATE DRINKERS. WELL, IF THAT'S SO, I'LL JUST PUT A BUCKET OF COGNAC ON THE BUFFET WITH A DIPPER IN IT. DF MIS FROM KENTUCKY. comicbooks.com