Life, 1893-09-07 · page 11 of 14
Life — September 7, 1893 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 155 **Top Illustration: "Feminine Trials - The First Call on Her Proposed Mother-in-Law"** This satirical image depicts a woman greeting an intimidating, formally-dressed older woman in an elegant interior. The joke appears to be about the anxiety of meeting one's future mother-in-law—a social situation presented as a "trial" for the young woman. **Bottom Comic Strip: "Feminine Trials" (continued)** A sequence showing a man and woman, then the couple with a dog, illustrating domestic courtship scenarios. The strip likely continues the theme of romantic relationships and social etiquette challenges facing unmarried women. **Left Column Text** Discusses abolishing low-denomination U.S. currency and roof-garden season venues—commentary on economic policy and urban entertainment. These appear unrelated to the feminine-focused illustrations, typical of Life's mixed-content format.
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-LIFE- HE proposition to abolish all United States currency of a lower denomination than five doll ems both feasible and sensible. The limit might be made ten dollars equally well, Outside of the financial strengthening of the country by having the actual coin in the hands of the people, there are other ad- vantages not beneath contempt. The substitution of clean metal for the dirty and often disease-bearing bits of paper is not the least of these. The government would be relieved from the expense of constantly renewing its most rapid travel- ing currency. And our young women would learn the forgotten and picturesque work of purse-netting. . . . HE gift of gab seems to be losing its potency. Itis very doubtful whether enough votes were changed by the recent long debate on the silver question to pay for the tremendous expenditure of wind and the wear and tear on jaw muscles. Some journals have mentioned the educa- tional value of the Congressional discus- sion, Just who was educated, or how, it is difficult to see. The popular interest in such discussions is confined entirely to the final voting. The people haven't any tremendous amount of interest or con- fidence in their Congressional representa- tives as Professors of Financial Science. . . * HE roof-garden season is over. As places of resort in hot weather they have been most agreeable, but as places of amusement they fall considerably below even the standard of the variety show. But this will right itself. The increased competition and the increased experience of the people in entertainments of this character will bring about the much de- sired result. FEMININE TRIALS. THE FIRST CALL ON HER PROPOSED MOTHER-IN-LAW, comicbooks.com