Life, 1894-08-30 · page 7 of 16
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# "Life" Magazine Page 135 - Analysis This page contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **"Entrance to Roof Garden"** - A cartoon mocking fashionable Manhattan society visitors, depicted as identical, interchangeable figures in formal dress. The caption "Everything Goes" suggests satirical commentary on wealthy socialites' behavior at popular nightspots. 2. **"If" - A poem** by Will J. Lampson expressing fantasies about wealth and its transformative social power, mocking the vanity and materialism of the era. 3. **Two dialogue jokes** about politics and romance, using exaggerated caricatures to poke fun at political ambition and gentlemen's flirtation. The overall theme mocks American upper-class pretension, social climbing, and romantic posturing—typical subjects for *Life* magazine's satirical humor of this era.
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135 IF. HAT a darling I'd be In the highest degree, To mammas wherever I'd go ; What charms they would sce "6 In whatever pleased me, ili ! Roof GaeocN Z Yas iy If Thad but a million or so! - ~ = 4A U G What a beauty and grace Z They would find in my face, With a soul in me pure as the snow ; No woman would think For a moment, to shrink, If I had but a million or so! Exurkanec What a feature I'd be Ata german or tea, What a man for all women to know ; And men, none the less, Would my virtues confess, If I had but a million or so! Will, J. Lampton, 667 ASON'? Why did you name your dog that?” “Because he is always “EVERYTHING GOES.” searching for the Fleece. bowing and gentlemanly murder, generally, may be better subjects for fiction than sea-side flirtations and dances ; but it does not necessarily make a strong writer simply to describe the deeds of strong or brave men. To write well is a good deal of a business in itself, if it is not one of the fine arts. Droch, NEW BOOKS. LEOPATRA, By George Ebers. Translated by Mary J. Safford. Two volumes, New York : D. Appleton and Company. Red Diamonds. By Justin McCarthy. New York: D. Appleton and Company. In the Quarter, By Robert W. Chambers, Chicago and New York: F. T. Neely. A Daughter of Music. By G.Colmore. New York: D. Appleton and Company. Millbank, By Mary J. Holmes. Cruel as the Grave. By Mra. E. D, E, N. Southworth, Thy Name is Woman. By Oliver B. Muir. Countess Janine. By the Baron Gustav Genrycho- witchyTaube. A. D. asyy. By Walter Browne. New York: G. W. Dillingham. Adriatica. By Percy Pinkerton. London: Gay and Bird. Quaker Idyts, By Sarah M. H. Gardner. New York: Henry Holt and Company. EARDON EME, S18; BUT) WHAT | BUSIBESS POLITICAL VS. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. RIEND: How is it yeh ain’t got that position yet? Lost yer pull ? Mr. WarRDE HEELER: Oh, I've got the pull, plenty o’ pull. My application is signed by all ther political leaders in th’ party. “Then wot's ther matter?” “Can't git any of ‘em to go on me bond.” AGGS: How did you ever dare to embrace Miss Boston ? J NaGGs: She was speaking of banditti that night as'we drove through the strip of woods by the river and remarked, “ What a romantic place to be held up.” JaGGs? Yes? Naccs: Well, I held her up. “VELL, VAT YOU TINK OF DE DRATE-MARK ?” comicbooks.com