Life, 1893-09-28 · page 5 of 16
Life — September 28, 1893 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Page 197 of Life Magazine - Satirical Humor This page contains several unrelated satirical pieces typical of Life magazine's format: **"Very Blind"** - A poem mocking women's intuition, suggesting skepticism about female "instinct." **"No Time to Lose"** - A dialogue joke about a man (Plankington) inviting another (Von Blumer) to dinner, with urgency because a woman leaves tomorrow. The humor relies on innuendo about romantic interest. **"Cherubic"** and **"Too Hasty a Verdict"** - Brief conversational jokes about children and whiskey judgment, respectively. **"At the Fair"** - References the World's Fair in Chicago (appears to be early 1900s). A woman from St. Louis discusses a statue of the fair's founder, with humor about his drowning in Lake Michigan—a darkly comedic reference to an actual historical event. The elephant cartoons illustrate the "strike me off a dozen" joke about quantity, likely sexual innuendo.
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TOGRAPH TAKEN INSIGE “WELL, STRIKE ME OFF A DOZEN.” CHERUBIC, NQUIRING BOY: Mamma, don’t the little angels have a good time in Heaven ? MAMMA: Certainly, my child. Why do you ask ? ENQUIRING Boy: Because it says here in the prayer-book: “The cherubim and seraphim continually do cry.” TOO HASTY A VERDICT. H ARLEY: There. What do you think of that whiskey ? BARLEY: Well, I'm inclined to believe that it’s good, but I always find it very difficult to judge whiskey by one glass. VERY BLIND. HIS womanly intuition, That we often hear about, I view with a grave suspicion ; With more than a grain of doubt. If her instinct is so clever, That our secret thoughts she knows, Why is she, always and ever, ** So surprised” when we propose ? Harry Romaine. NO TIME TO LOSE. LANKINGTON: Come out to dinner with me to-night, old man, We've got a new cook. VoN BLUMER: Don’t believe I can to-night. Won't to-morrow do? PLANKINGTON: Oh,no, She leaves to-morrow. “ city.” “ Never mind,” replied the man who sneers. “ He'll probably be back after it.” R. FASTLEY (making a Sunday evening call): I understand, Miss Kostick, that you are an expert mind reader. Won't you please experiment upon me? Miss K.: Excuse me, Mr, Fastley, but I don’t regard your mind as a proper subject for Sunday reading. AT THE FAIR. She (from St. Louis): THE MAN WHO FOUNDED CHIcaco IS TO HAVE A STATUE FOR THE WORLD'S Fair, He (of Chicago): 1 NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE, WHERE WILL IT BE PLACED? She: Our in Lake MICHIGAN; THAT'S WHERE HE JUMPED WHEN HE SAW WHAT HE'D DONE. comicbooks.com