Life, 1893-10-19 · page 7 of 18
Life — October 19, 1893 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page contains two distinct elements: **Upper section**: A narrative text about a young man's misbehavior disrupting his church community, causing membership decline and failed revival meetings. The accompanying illustration shows a grotesque caricatured figure—likely depicting the troublemaker—interacting with a stork. The crude, exaggerated drawing style suggests mockery. **Lower section**: Humorous exchanges labeled "APROPOS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEST," featuring dialogue about yacht-racing and boat speeds. The accompanying cartoons show exaggerated character types (a man and woman in period dress) conversing with a stork—apparently a running visual joke. The stork imagery likely references childbirth/reproduction folklore, making this satire about social pretension or foolishness. The "New Books" section lists contemporary publications, typical of *Life* magazine's format from this era (appears early 20th century).
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- LIFE: cold glance of some haughty beauty, and bring the blood to her cheeks, His cup of joy was filled to overflowing when, one never- to-be-forgotten Sabbath, he gave Deacon Snapper, against whom he cherished a most deadly hatred, a fit of fidgets, which caused the old man to blow his nose unnecessarily, mop his brow with his bandanna a great many times, and look this w and that in a vain attempt to shake off that penetrating gaze. Bill forgave the deacon for ail the wrongs, real or imaginary, he had suffered from his hands, and during the rest of the week behaved in a wild, joyous, idiotic fashion, causing his parents a great deal of anxiety and This state of affairs continued until those on whom the young fiend practiced his discovery looked forward to church time with as much dread as he had done in days gone by. Then the membership began to fall off. In vain revival meetings were held. In vain the pastor made daily visits to the members of his flock, who were all too much ashamed to He: # # @ #2 She: No, BuT—I—ER—THAT 15, I'LL BE A SISTER TO YOU. Plyntimmon V1. (who has taken prizes at seven dog shows): AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT ME THREE MILES FROM HOME TO LISTEN TO THAT SORT OF STUFF! tell the real cause of the trouble. One by one they began to stay away, and whereas, once this church would be filled with Sabbath-keepers, only those attend who have seats in the corners, under the gallery, or behind “the boy who blushed.” APROPOS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEST. ] RS. B.: Why, Charles, isn’t it peculiar that the names of both yachts happen to begin with V ? MR. B. (wth feeling): Hardly. The owners know that nothing goes faster than a V now-a-days. NEW BOOKS. HAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND. By William Winter, New York and London: Macmillan and Company. A Hillside Parish. By S. Bayard Dod. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Flavia, By Adair Weicker. Berkeley, California: The author. The Legend of Love. By H. V. Sutherland. San Francisco: The author, Interesting Exhibits and Where to Find Them, Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company. Revised Catalogue Department of Fine Arts, Official Publication Columbian Exposition. Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company. With Thackeray in America. By Eyre Crowe, A. R.A. New Yor: Charles Scribner's Sons. comicbooks.com