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# "Keeping the Faith" - Life Magazine, August 10, 1893 This cartoon satirizes grandparental indulgence and moral inconsistency. An elderly grandmother sits in a chair while a young boy stands before her. The caption records her boast: she claims to have raised her own children strictly (letting a canary out of its cage, then setting a cat on it as punishment for the child's cruelty), yet now she undermines discipline by being "a little defender" of her grandson and allowing him to be "kind to dumb animals." The joke exposes the hypocrisy of older generations who were harsh disciplinarians with their own children but become permissive grandparents. "Keeping the faith" ironically titles the piece—she's failed to maintain consistent moral standards between generations.
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NEW YORK, AUGUST 10, 1893. NUMBER 554. Entered at the New York Post Office as Second-Class Mail Matter Copyright, 1893, by Mircnete & Miter KEEPING THE FAITH. “HAS MY BOY BEEN A LITTLE DEFENDER AND BEEN KIND TO DUMM ANIMALS TO-DAY 2” “Yes, GRANDMA. I LET YOUR CANARY OUT OF THE CAGE, AND WHEN MY CAT CAUGHT IT, 1 SET TOwsER ON HER.” comicbooks.com