Life, 1894-07-05 · page 11 of 16
Life — July 5, 1894 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 11 This page contains satirical "glossary" definitions of contemporary social types and a comedic sketch by Corbett and Jackson titled "A Scrap of Paper." The glossary mocks various figures: a **Pantata** (friendly police informant), a **Cinch** (sure thing in horse racing), a **Suffragist** (woman seeking publication and recognition), and others including references to the **A.P.A.** (a secretive anti-Catholic organization), **Protection** (Republican scaremongering tactics), and **Tammany** (corrupt Manhattan political machine). The sketch below shows two men in financial dispute, with one threatening jail and the other sarcastically responding that if he could afford Ludlow Street jail, he could pay his debt. This appears to reference debtor's prisons, suggesting commentary on working-class poverty and the legal system's treatment of the poor.
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Amusements, CORBETT —aND— JACKSON IN THEIR AMUSING COMEDY, “A SCRAP OF PAPER.” PUTTING IT STRAIGHT. t money I'll havé you clapped into “But, my dear fellow, if I could afford to lie in Ludlow Street jail, I could afford to pay you.” 11 LIFE’S GLOSSARY OF EVERY-DAY EXPRESSIONS. COMPILED WITH(OUT) THE AID OF THE EDITORS OF THE CENTURY DICTIONARY, ANTATA: (Der. Fin de stécle Bohemian.) A friendly person, usually a police officer, who is able for a consid- eration to read in advance the minds of police authorities in the matter of - raids, saloon-closing, etc. CincH: (Der, Cowboy dialect. Syn. Sure thing, certainly.) Ability to win possessed before the race by horses that do not succeed in winning. SUFFRAGIST: A female person, with few or no home ties, and a desire to see her name in print. A.P.A.: A secret organization with praiseworthy objects but doubtful methods. PROTECTION: 1. A commodity of which the New York Police Department has a monopoly, and which is retailed to law-breakers at the largest prices the traffic will bear. 2. An exploded theory of Political Economy used largely by the Republican Party for the manufacture of bug-a-boos to scare American manufacturers and laborers. SUMMER GIRL: (Der, Contemporary paragraphists.) A mythical person invented by verse-writers and jokers to typify the disappointment of young men with serious matrimonial intentions. TAMMANY: (Der, Manhattan Indian. Syn. Brigand, bandit, robber, thief.) A philanthropic organization intended to further the financial interests of its members. CHICAGOED: (Der. The name of an ancient city once the site of a world’s fair.) Anything which has sunk into