Life, 1895-06-20 · page 11 of 16
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# Analysis of Page 409 from Life Magazine This page contains two separate pieces: 1. **"Easier to Wait"** (top): A cartoon showing two men at a doorway. One tells the other that standing outside a restaurant is useless—he should wait for a "stranger" to invite him in. The joke satirizes either poverty, social climbing, or freeloading behavior—the implication being that the man hopes to gain a free meal through an invitation rather than paying himself. 2. **"Ballade of Forgotten Loves"** (right): A poem by Arthur Grimm about past romantic relationships that have faded from memory over time. It's a sentimental piece reflecting on how passionate loves eventually become forgotten. 3. **Bottom section**: An article about Mr. Hobbs, apparently a butler/servant character, with a biographical narrative and courtroom illustration about a legal sentence. The page mixes humor, sentiment, and biographical content typical of Life magazine's varied editorial approach.
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409 BALLADE OF FORGOTTEN LOVES. OME poets sing of sweethearts dead, Some sing of true loves far away, Some sing of those that others wed, And some of idols turned to clay ; I sing a pensive roundelay To sweethearts of a doubtful lot, The passions vanished in a day— The little loves that I’ve forgot. For, as the happy years have sped, And golden dreams have changed to gray, How oft the flame of love was fed By glance, or smile, from Maud or May, When wayward Cupid was at play ; Mere fancies, formed of who knows what ? But still my debt I ne‘er can pay— The little loves that I've forgot. O joyous hours forever fled ! O sudden hopes that would not stay ! Held only by the slender thread Of memory that’s all astray. Their very names I cannot say, EASIER TO WAIT. “Say, PARD, You" “IT kxow IT, I'VE Bi RING THE BELL. See?" NEVER GET ANYTHING TO FAT STANDIN’ OUTSIDE DE DOOR.” WAITIN’ FOR SOME KIND STRANGER TO COME ALONG AND Time's will is done ; 1 know them not ; But blessings on them all, I pray— The little loves that I’ve forgot. ENVOY, Sweetheart, why foolish fears betray ? Ours is the one true lovers’ knot ; Note well the burden of my lay— The little loves that I've forgot. Arthur Grissom, eT hicmanar. from telling me just which ones they were. He has been very helpful to Mr. Howells in assisting him in those well-known descriptions of dinner tables and candelabra, which have thrilled all the novel-reading public. Those dainty word-pastels of almost supernatural and dazzling accuracy, dealing with portieres and leather chairs, which have sent many a hungry novel reader into a profound and healthful asleep, are due to the direct influence of Mr. Blobbs. It is not every genius’s butler who can say this! Mr. Howells has given Mr. Blobbs strict orders that if ever he hears him say anything bright, he is to take it down in shorthand. For this purpose the faithful butler learned shorthand. That was four years ago; he has entirely for- gotten shorthand now. Mr. Blobbs was born in South Lambeth, London, in the year 1848, of poor, but dishonest parents. His mother was well-known at the Bow Street Police Court, and was buried by the parish some years ago, with great simplicity. We regret to say, that with the best intentions in the world, we have been, with Mr. Blobbs’ help, quite unable to discover any exact particulars as to his father. There is an interest- ing mystery about Mr. Blobbs—he cannot remember quite what he came out to this country for. However, this proves him, “A Man with a Past,” and will make him doubly interesting to all intelligent readers. Jessie M, Wood. “6 H™. did you like that cheap hotel you talked about last spring ?" “First rate. Cheapest place I ever knew." “ But your wife says it was the most miserable place she ever saw. “Oh, I didn’t spend my vacation there.” “AS THE JUDGE PRONOUNCED SENTENCE THE PRISONER'S FACE FELL.” comicbooks.com