Life, 1895-08-08 · page 7 of 14
Life — August 8, 1895 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 87 This page contains two distinct pieces of satire: **"NOW"** (left): A poem by Frank Roe Batchelder mocking lazy laborers. The "feller" described works sporadically, makes excuses ("'ow"), and procrastinates—he "never gits 'round ter now." This satirizes working-class attitudes toward labor and responsibility. **"A BETTER IDEA"** (lower left): Social commentary criticizing families who abandon pets during summer vacations, calling it a "mean business" and suggesting they hire the Society's agent instead to humanely handle the "darling pet." **The illustration** (right) depicts a man and woman on stairs in what appears to be a domestic scene, captioned with dialogue about a "disgusting ballet" and bathing suit design. **"A SILENCE EXPLAINED"** (bottom): A brief joke where Anna explains Carry's husband's silence about remarrying by suggesting he didn't consider her worth warning.
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UNDER THE OLD FLAG. Now. ELLER what shirks an’ is lazy Ain't no use livin’, I vow ! But I tell yer who is the daisy— The feller thet does things oz. He's never procrastinatin’ An’ tellin’ ye “why” an’ “how,” When the doin’ on't ’s what he's hatin’ ; He jest goes and does it, now. Ef the cordwood calls fer a tussle Thet'll bring the sweat to his brow, He gits out his saw with a hustle, An’ tackles the job right now. The chap thet talks of ter-morrer Is crooked somewheres, I 'llow ; In payin’ what he may borrer, He never gits ‘round ter now. But the feller thet starts on the minute— The crows don’t roost on his plough— Ef ‘trains he ain't workin’ out init, "Cause he gits his hay in now. Ef yer lookin’ fer what'll suit yer, Yer kin take off yer hat an’ bow Ter the chap thet’s short on the future An’ ckerly long on now. Frank Roe Batchelder. A BETTER IDEA. IFE has his opinion of those families who, in closing their houses for the summer, turn the cat out into the street for a prolonged starvation. As a betrayal of confidence alone it is a mean business, and its brutality needs no expounding. It would be far more con- siderate to send for the Society's agent and have the “darling pet” humanely killed. “So, SIR, YOU WENT TO THAT DISGUSTING BALLET!” “Yes, partixc, I—" ‘You OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF; BUT DID YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE A GOOD DESIGN FOR A BATHING suIT?” A SILENCE EXPLAINED. ARRY: Why was it, | wonder, my poor husband never said anything to me about remarrying ? ANNA: Probably you were not the person he wanted to warn. comicbooks.com