Life, 1895-03-21 · page 9 of 18
Life — March 21, 1895 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 185 The page contains three humorous cartoon vignettes about hunting and fishing, each with a caption below. The first shows a man with a gun claiming "No flies on that shot, I tell you; 'twon't be long before I'm right in it." The second cartoon depicts someone who "was in it even sooner than he expected"—showing the hunter knocked backward, apparently by recoil or accident. The third shows a fisherman with his catch, illustrating the recurring joke about overconfidence versus reality in outdoor pursuits. The satirical point is straightforward: amateur sportsmen boast about their skill but promptly fail through incompetence or mishap. The humor targets the gap between self-image and actual performance among recreational hunters and fishermen.
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‘LIFE: 185 TEN DOLLARS WORTH OF SOUL. ‘ORK thou for pleasure ; paint or sing or carve The thing thou lovest, though the body starve, ** Who works for glory, misses oft the goal ; Who works for money coins his very soul.” Thus sings an artist in a magazine, And coins a slice of soul ; for well I ween They cashed his draft ; else disappointment keen. Charles Battell Loomis. FROM THE DAILY PAPER. HIS is the sort of information that strikes from a clear sky and paralyzes the self-respecting citizen : COL, AND MRS. J. J. ASTOR GO ABROAD, THEY SAIL WITH THEIR SON ON THE NEW-VORK —TO ENJOY THE HEIGHT OF THE . ek LONDON SEASON. “No FLIES ON THAT SHOT, I TELL YoU; ‘TWON'T HE LONG Colbeal aed MOK. Jobs Jacob Adtne; wil ihe MA BEFORE I'M RIGHT IN IT.” son and heir, will sail to-day on the American Line steamer New-York for Southampton. There will be two nurses to look after the little Astor and a valet and maid for Colonel and Mrs. Astor. The Astors have taken suit No. 8, on the promenade deck, and deck cabin No. 10, Colonel and Mrs. Astor will go first to London and enjoy part of the London season. ‘Then they, will go to Paris to see Colonel Astor's mother, Mrs. William Astor, who sailed for Europe some time'ago, and is now in the French capital. _It is said that Colonel and Mrs, Astor will travel extensively on the Continent before returning to this country. How soon shall we know how the baby stood the voyage ? And why did the parents take “suit” No. 8 instead of No. 9? What was the matter with No. 7? Are we to have no portraits of the Astor baggage? Where is the vaunted enterprise of New York journalism ? Is there no way of stuffing a few barrels of the Astor millions down the society reporter's throat, and thus secure a rest from these nauseating items ? TE = President was kept busy during the recent session vetoing bills granting rights of way to railroad com- panies through Indian reservations, He maintains that the companies should first secure the consent of the Indians. He might further maintain that the consent should be secured when the Indians were sober. PATHE PARADIS, of Montreal, is planning a little marriage ceremony next summer, in which about 400 youths and maidens of his flock, who, from poverty, have been unable to enter the bonds of matrimony heretofore, will be expected to take prominent parts. It includes a colonization scheme, and if Father Paradis succeeds in this enterprise, he should be invited to this city next winter, and the Madison Square Garden put at his disposal for a similar clearance festival. *€7 SUPPOSE you want the lady's name engraved inside, sir?” said the jeweler, after Tillinghast had selected an engagement ring. “Oh, no,” replied the careful young man. “ Just put in- side ‘ To my heart's own treasure,’ or * The star of my life.’”” comicbooks.com