Life, 1894-11-08 · page 5 of 14
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 295 This page contains **three separate humorous sketches** rather than political cartoons: 1. **"Taken for Granted"** (top): Dr. Pulser discusses differences between old and new nursing methods, contrasting a trained nurse's detailed patient observations with an old-fashioned nurse's vague responses. 2. **"No Love Between Them" / "Used to Them"** (middle): Brief dialogue jokes about gender roles—Clara won't propose to a man; Tommy isn't afraid of policemen because his nurse was pretty. 3. **The three sketches at bottom-left**: Appear to depict slapstick or accident scenarios with explosions and physical comedy. These are **social humor** pieces poking fun at nursing practices, gender conventions, and domestic life—not political satire. The page represents Life's typical lighthearted commentary on contemporary American social customs.
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‘LIFE: “1 DO BE WAITING FER MR. HENNESY, HE TOWLD ME HE MIGNT DROP IN AN’ ATE WID ME AT TWELVE O'CLOCK.” “TLL JUST FIRE THIS BIT OF A BLAST BEFORE I GO DOWN TER THE WIDOW NoLan’s.” 295 TAKEN FOR GRANTED. HE difference between the old and ‘new schools of nursing is even more marked than that between the modern system of medicine and that in vogue in the days of our grandfathers,” said Dr. Pulser at the club the other evening. “Perhaps you will understand this better if I tell you a little bit of my experience in the matter. This morning I visited a patient who had a trained nurse. “On my arrival [ inspected the chart, which had been care- fully filled in by the nurse, giving me all the information | could desire about the sick woman's pulse, temperature, respiration, etc., taken at regular and frequent intervals during the night. By Jove! she had almost put down every time the woman had breathed! At once I knew as much about the case as if I had never left the bedside for a moment, “ After that I went toanother house where they had a nurse of the old-fashioned family sort. Here of course I had no written details to guide me and had to resort to cross- questioning the nurse. “Her replies were rather hazy and unsatisfactory until | asked whether the patient had slept well during the night. ‘Oh, yes, Doctor; I guess she must have,’ said the nurse amiably ; ‘she didn’t wake me up!"" “ Harry Romaine. NO LOVE BETWEEN THEM. LORA: I don’t always do unto others as I'd have others do unto me, CLARA: Of course not. to a man. It isn’t a girl’s place to propose USED TO THEM. Tommy doesn’t seem to be afraid of police- IFE: men. HUSBAND: pretty girl. Why should he? His nurse was a very