Life, 1894-10-04 · page 13 of 18
Life — October 4, 1894 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several unrelated satirical pieces typical of early Life magazine humor: **Top cartoon**: Depicts street children, likely referencing "Sandow" (probably Eugen Sandow, the famous strongman). The joke concerns a child's exaggerated claims about someone's strength, using period dialect ("Kid," "chucks him in de air"). **"Gratis"**: A physician's irritated exchange with his janitor about a neighbor's constant singing of melancholic songs—satire on urban apartment living and class-based annoyance. **"One Recommendation"**: A joke about Fifth Avenue social status, where a young woman quips that one cannot board a Fifth Avenue stage coach without having been divorced—satirizing the prevalence of divorce among wealthy New York society and their shamelessness about it. **Other pieces**: Include poetry ("Love's Messenger") and a dialogue between Clara and Maude about missing toilet articles and social obligations. The overall tone reflects Life's satirical commentary on American manners, urban life, and social pretension.
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hi “1 TELL YER SANDOW ISN'T IN IT DRINKS A CAN O° COLD TOMATTER SOUP We incline to the belief that they must have relied on their good manners for the successful decep- tion, This couple spoke English casily and as they were possibly free from the peculiarities that make English travelers the terror of the grateful natives naturally put them down continent, the as Americans. GRATIS. THe eminent physician was irritable. Calling the janitor, said “Who is it that keeps singing, ‘1 would not live alwe “It’s the lady in the apartment above, sir.” “ Well, tell her that as a profes: sional man, I am prepared to assure her that she won't, and that there is consequently no cause for further agitation on her part.” Al AUUNTO WE ch N vip wim, He TAKES DE KID AN” AFORE DE KID REACHES DE GROUN’.” HUCKS HIM IN DE LARA: Dear me! Those toilet things I ordered haven't come. Maupe: Then I don't suppose you'll have the face to go to the ball to-night. LOOK KINDER SAD." I sHoucp GRowL! I WENT FOR THE HEELS OF \ COWROY THIS MORNING GOT AROUT HIS SPURS.” AND FOR- AIR, DEN HE TURNS A HAN'SPRING AN’ LOVE'S MESSENGER. G forth, thou Rose, unto my Love And whisper in her ear ‘The thing that, all the world above. I fain would have her hear. Go say that if she honor thee, And wear thee on her breast, Thou'lt blush a deeper hue, to see Thyself and me so blest ; But if she turn away in scorn, Thou'lt droop thy head and die ; Far sharper than thine own, the thorn Of her cold cruelty. ONE RECOMMENDATION. ae D° think Fifth Avenue stage has any you the * thoughtfully replied the young woman who desires to “one can get upon it without having been divorced.” comicbooks.com