Life, 1895-11-28 · page 5 of 26
Life — November 28, 1895 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This Life magazine page (Volume XXVI, No. 674) contains several brief humorous sketches with an early-1900s sensibility. The main illustration, "That Son-in-Law," shows three figures in what appears to be a domestic concern about finances—the father worries about his income while the son-in-law dismisses such concerns as trivial. The text pieces satirize everyday situations: "An Optical Illusion" jokes about cross-dressing for comedic effect; "On the Eve of Thanksgiving Eve" presents a darkly humorous exchange where an old turkey questions whether its death is mere coincidence; "After the Raffle" depicts humble working-class luck; and "He Couldn't Say" shows a salesman's awkward inability to recommend a novel to a customer. These sketches reflect typical Life magazine humor: domestic comedy, class observations, and gentle social satire of middle-class American life.
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NUMBER 674. THAT SON-IN-LAW. “Papa, GEORGE SAYS HE IS VERY MUCH WORRIED AROUT HIS INCOME,” “\T SHOULDN'T THINK HE WOULD WORRY ABOUT A LITTLE THING LIKE THAT.” AN OPTICAL ILLUSION. HE dressed up in her brother's clothes. A promenade she took, And everyone who knew her said : ** How girlish you do look!" ON THE EVE OF THANKSGIVING EVE. LD TURKEY: my children ? THE YouNG FLock: “I would not live alway,” papa. OLD TURKEY (musing sadly); Ha! Can this be a mere coincidence ? What hymn is that you're gobbling, AFTER THE RAFFLE. NCLE 'RASTUS: to-night. Aunt DINAH: Yo’ was lucky, eh ? “Yas, I was po’ful lucky. While de res’ was shakin’ dice I ‘scused myse’f.” I done won dat turkey at de raffle HE COULDN'T SAY. HE LADY: to read ? THE SALESMAN: with your daughter. Is this novel a fit one for my daughter I don't know. I’m not acquainted