Life, 1894-04-05 · page 7 of 14
Life — April 5, 1894 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Page 223: Life Magazine - Early 20th Century Humor **Top Cartoon ("The Same Old Joke"):** Shows a jack-in-the-box labeled "SPRING" with a grotesque clown figure emerging. A child recoils in shock. This satirizes the repetitive nature of spring's arrival—treating the season's return as predictable and worn-out comedy. **Middle Section:** Features a dinner conversation where "Teddy" repeatedly asks for more chicken, claiming only half was served. The hostess responds he's received a whole chicken, sarcastically suggesting he kill an entire bird if dissatisfied. This appears to reference Theodore Roosevelt's known voracious appetite, using it as gentle social satire about excess. **Right Column ("A Full Blown Bud"):** Brief character sketches discussing a precocious girl with premature aging ("crow's feet"), and references to Robinson Crusoe's emotional discovery and "Lonely Beach"—context unclear from this excerpt alone.
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THE SAME OLD JOKE. ‘© D LEASE give me some more chicken,” said Teddy, as he passed his plate the fourth time. “I'm sorry there is no more, but we only had half a chicken on the table,” answered the hostess, kindly. “ Humph,” grumbled Teddy, “I don’t see why you don’t kill a whole chicken when you're about it.” A FULL BLOWN BUD. HE: She was ‘very precocious as a child. HE: She's not outgrown it. She says she is nine- teen, and she has crow's feet about her eyes. AUD: Ionce realized Robinson Crusoe's emotions when he discovered a man’s footprint in the sand. MARIA: When was that ? Maup: Last summer at Lonely Beach. comicbooks.com