Life, 1896-11-26 · page 11 of 24
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# Life Magazine Page 397 - November Content This page contains several humor pieces typical of early 20th-century Life magazine: **"Regret"** - A poem lamenting a new fashion style ("maledictions upon this new style coming in"), with a woman's illustration showing puffy sleeves. **"A Plausible Reason"** - A brief comedic dialogue where O'Mike and McPat joke about why Thanksgiving falls on Thursday in November, with McPat's answer being a pun about the day not being in November "at all." **"Starting a Blaze"** - A romantic sketch showing a rejected suitor telling a woman he cannot marry her, only for her to respond that she was already falling in love with him. **Additional humor pieces** include a football-related joke and a cartoon of an infant, captioned "The Reason." The content reflects period social customs around courtship, fashion criticism, and domestic humor.
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*LIFE* REGRET. MiAtepictions upon this new For the halcyon days that have been pe style coming in! and are gone Bitter tears for the fashion that goes ! My heart unconsolingly grieves; For the first is a subject of sore chagrin The loss of the sweetest of duties 1 To myself, and of joy to my foes. mourn— That of tucking in Dorothy's sleeves. Charles Ashley Hardy. A WOMAN waits until she is very sure of her man before she begins to amuse herself by arousing his jealousy. A PLAUSIBLE REASON. Oe Phy do they always make the lasht Thursday in November Thanksgivin’ y ‘ > Day, Oi dunno? McPar: Shure, ut’s because the Thursday afther thot ain't in November at all at all, ye gomeril, IF MY WIFE SEES THAT, SHE WILL HAVE NERVOUS PROSTRATION, STARTING A BLAZE. E: It’s hard to be rejected all around. I spoke to your father first, and he swore I could never marry you, Sue: Then why didn't you say so? 1 am beginning to love you already. “MR, RUSHER, 1 DID NOT KECOGNIZE YOU IN THE FOOTBALL GAME TO-DAY.” THE REASON,