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# Life Magazine Page 215 Analysis This page contains satirical cartoons and commentary from Life magazine. The main section "Almost Too Much" discusses the Duke of Alba's titles and honors—he holds six dukedoms, twelve marquisates, fourteen counties, and nine grandeeships of Spain. The satire suggests this accumulation of titles is excessive; the joke implies the Duke of Alba would need to wear twelve hats simultaneously to properly represent all his dignities, which is impractical and absurd. The left-side cartoons appear to be political satire involving voting and canvassing, though specific figures are unclear. The "Fun in the Bush" illustration depicts a caricatured colonial figure, likely satirizing British imperial attitudes. The "New Books" section lists contemporary publications, indicating this is a book review page rather than purely comic content.
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EXPLANATORY. © A DALBERT,” said Ara- bella, pausing before the night lunch wagon in Herald Square, “what is that thing?” “That, my dear,” responded Adalbert, “is a lunch wagon.” “Oh! And do they serve table d’hote dinners on it?” precious ; only a la WHILE CANVASSING THE MOUNTAIN VOTE JONES REMOVES HIS HAT, AND TALKS OF HOW THE HURTS THE CROPS. TARIFF FUN IN THE BUSH. Native Humorist: 1 Gov 8 HEAD OF HIM THAT TIME! ALMOST TOO MUCH. HERE is a gentle excitement in the information that the Duke of Alba's real name is Don Carlos Maria Stuart Fitzjames Portocarrero y Palafox ; Duke of Berwick, Duke of Alba de ‘Tormes, Duke of Liria, Duke of Olivares, Duke of Penaranda and Duke of Huescar. It appears that he is six times a duke. Moreover, he is twelve times a marquis, fourteen times a count, and nine times a grandee of Spain of the first class. There must be real comfort in this. But what a frightful waste of opportunities ! How exasperating to Carlos Maria that he has only the ordinary span of life in which to enjoy these things. If, for instance, one grandee of Spain, of the first class, has the right to keep his hat on in the presence of royalty, tw wear a corresponding number of hats. As all in his own person, wh ive grandees must possess the right to los Maria is a dozen of those dignitaries shouldn't he wear twelve hats But perhaps there is no justice in Spain. NEW BOOKS. L ORD ORMONT AND HIS AMIN By George Meredith. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ~ “7 Forbid the Banns.” By Frank Frankfort Moore. New York: The Cassell Publishing Company A Wild Prosy. By Mrs. W.K, Clifford. New York: The Cassell Publishing Company, George Mandevitte's Husband. By C.E, Raimond, New York: D. Appleton and Company Eyes Like the Sea, By Maurus Jokai, Translation by R. Nisbet Bain. New York: G. P, Putnam's Sons, Found and Lost. By Mary Putnam-Jacobi, New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Lesser’s Daughter. By Mrs. Andrew Dean. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. My Lady Rotha, By Stanley J. Weyman. New York: Longmans, Green, and Company, The Maiden Widow. By Mrs. E. D. E thworth. Tried for Her Life, By Mey ED. E Southworth. .£lena. By Robert Appleton. | 7/ie Red Kose « nak, By A.S.M. New York Dillingham. * comicbooks.com