Life, 1895-09-19 · page 11 of 16
Life — September 19, 1895 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# Page 187 of Life Magazine - Analysis This page contains several satirical pieces rather than a single cartoon: 1. **"The Wonders of America" photograph** shows a moose on Maine's coast—presenting natural curiosities as American attractions. 2. **"A Delicate Matter"** satirizes wealthy women's fashion choices, mocking an Australian woman's daring costume (discarding skirts) at a Newport society event. The joke targets upper-class pretension and changing female fashion norms. 3. **Domestic dialogue** humorously depicts marital miscommunication about sleep and baby-waking. 4. **"Two L.E.G.'s on a Variety Stage"** jokes about theatrical performances and audience exhaustion. 5. **"Just for the Fun of It"** mocks boys' cruel experiments on animals, critiquing casual childhood cruelty disguised as scientific curiosity. 6. **Composer/Publisher exchange** satirizes the music publishing industry's indifference to critical acclaim versus commercial success.
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THE WONDERS OF AMERICA. MOONRISE ON THE Coast oF Maine. And so you keep on meeting him at short intervals, until one day your daughter decides that he is absolutely necessary to her future happiness and you purchase him for her at a figure which you consider quite modest, when you come to think of his shoes and hair; whereupon your wife assures you that you have done well, and you experience a slight glow of pride as a result of her commendations, and you feel rather thankful that you won't have to talk to him again for at least a month. Richard Stillman Powell. OBBIE: Say, if you are going to propose to sister, I wish you would let me know the night. FIDDLEBUCK: What do you want to know for? : Well, she’s had four this year already, and 1 sed one yet. IFE: John, why don’t you go to sleep? Huspanb: I'm afraid it might wake up the baby. Two HOURS LATER, A DELICATE MATTER. T appears that on a recent occasion Mrs. Astor wore her famous stomacher of diamonds and her diadem of precious stones. The Astor gold service adorned the table. Of course the lady wore other things in addition. Or is this a first intimation that the early Australian attire is to prevail at Newport? While such a costume would undoubtedly be delightfully cool in a hot summer evening, the discarding of skirts is a radical step. TWO L.E.G.’S ON A VARIETY STAGE. TT curtains part, the band strikes up its bray, The middle-aged soubretie comes on with glee ; The weary audience homeward wends its way, And leaves the theatre to her and me. JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT. F a boy of ten should remove the stomach of a dog just to sce how long the animal could live without it, we are inclined to think that when the knowledge of this achievement came to the child's parents little Johnny would get a dressing down, We are also inclined to think that little Johnny's reputation as a boy of good instincts would suffer a serious impairment among the neighbors. But this “interesting experiment” has been repeatedly made by boys over thirty years of age, and with no other purpose than “' to discover how long the animal can exist in that condition.” When done by older boys it becomes vivisection. I have here a song that I think will com- If to the musical critics. Musical critics nothing ! OMPOSER: mend its PUBLISH office boys, i If it pleases the sa go; if not, not. We know our public, sir!