Life, 1895-09-26 · page 5 of 16
Life — September 26, 1895 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Page 197 of Life Magazine: Satirical Humor This page contains several unrelated jokes and cartoons typical of Life's satirical format: **"Harvest-Home"**: A sketch depicting a harvest scene with commentary on toy boats in Central Park—likely advocating for children's recreational opportunities. **"Insensible"**: A dialogue joke mocking someone's insensitivity after passing a night near mosquitoes in New Jersey, suggesting the region's poor conditions. **"Employer/Workman"**: A brief exchange satirizing political expense—a walking delegate elected to Congress supposedly to save costs, implying corruption or absurd bureaucratic logic. **"A Cosmopolitan Face"**: A grotesque caricature with minimal context provided. **"A Difference in Terms"**: A joke contrasting how teacher and student define "Indian massacre" versus "battle"—satirizing perspective and terminology regarding Native American conflicts. The humor is period-typical: light social commentary and wordplay rather than sustained political argument.
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“ HARVEST-HOME. + SSE A GOOD GAME FOR THE YOUNG. N Central Park there is a beautiful lake where the water is very smooth, Why not have the next international yacht race there? Thus the excursion boat nuisance would be entirely avoided. True, the boats would necessarily have to be toy boats; but in view of certain recent developments, LiFe thinks that toy boats are, after all, the best things for children to play with. INSENSIBLE, LEVERTON: You don’t mean to tell me that you passed the night with Plankington in his New Jersey home, and didn’t mind the mosquitoes ? DasHaway: Ido. After the first one bit me, I lost consciousness. , 2 ‘ a \ Emeeover: Why did you people elect \ your walking delegate to Congress ? WORKMAN: To save ourselves the of supporting him. A COSMOPOLITAN FACE. WITH LIFe’s COMPLIMENTS TO THE SCORCHER. A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS. “TPAees: What is an Indian massacre ? Bosry BRIcH It's when the Indians surprise the whites and kill them. “And when the whites surprise the Indians and kill them——"” “ That's a battle.”