Life, 1894-01-11 · page 7 of 14
Life — January 11, 1894 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 23 This page contains several unrelated satirical pieces typical of Life's format: **"Well Versed"** and **"They Were There!"** discuss a social gathering, listing numerous attendees (names of what appear to be society figures from the era). The text humorously notes it's difficult to remember who should have been present. **"Hard Luck"** depicts a woman receiving divorce papers, with the caption about her husband being found dead in his office—dark satire on marital misfortune. The remaining sections are short joke exchanges: - **"Judged by Results"** mocks Junius's letter-writing - **"Moses Up to Date"** presents satirical dialogue between Moses and Satan about temptation - **"Laverly/Austen"** is a one-liner about someone having "water on the brain" The bottom illustration shows three working men with the caption **"Riley do be quittin' worruck early ter-day,"** likely satirizing working-class dialect and labor habits.
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= —— = = SS WELL VERSED. HEN we go sleighing, one can see She knows what thereto appertains. Without a single word from me She smiles and slyly takes the reins. THEY WERE THERE! INCE. we last went to press no scientific discoveries have been recorded of great importance, and no historical mys- teries have been cleared up. No new planets are reported by trus:- worthy astronomers, and, in fact, a great many exciting events seem to have postponed themsel: But we learn through the columns of the daily papers that Mr. Harry LeGrand Cannon, Mr.Ward McAllister, Mrs. Fred Neil- son, Mrs. Burke - Roche, Mrs. Charles F. Havemeyer, Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mrs. George L. Rives, Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, Mrs. Henry Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Albert Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Elliot, Mrs. I. Townsend Burden, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Have- meyer, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Oelrichs, Mr. and Mrs, W. Butler Duncan, Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, Miss Sloane, Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane, Mrs, Charles B, Alexander, Mrs. Fernando Yznaga, Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Jr., and a few others were present on various occasions. We have forgotten just what the occasions were, and it is hard to divine why these ladies and gentlemen should not have been present if they wished. ‘RILEY DO BE QUITTIN’ WORRUK EARLY TER-DAY.” HARD LUCK. ““YOU LOOK VERY SAD THIS MORNING, DEAR.” “I'VE JUST RECEIVED MY BILL FROM THE LAWYER FOR SECUR- ING OUR DIVORCE, AND NOW, IN THE MORNING PAPERS, I READ THAT HARRY DROPPED DEAD IN HIS OFFICE YESTERDAY.” Our readers can rest assured, however, that the occasions referred to were in no way disreputable. At least we have good reasons for supposing so, as many of these ladies and gentlemen are most respectable persons and of plain but wealthy parentage. JUDGED BY RESULTS. HE: The Letters of Junius I regard as the most won- derful compositions in the language. HE: They don’t compare with Jack Hardy's. Why, he wrote a letter of condolence to a widow, and she took off her mourning immediately. MOSES UP TO DATE. MP: Well, did you get into the Garden of Eden ? SATAN: Yes; I took the form of a serpent and fin- ished up the business in short order. Imp: How did you induce the woman to risk everlasting torment for just one mean little apple ? SaTAN: I told her it was good for the complexion. They say old Soak has water on the brain. Then he must have a hole on the top of his head.