Life, 1897-07-15 · page 5 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 45 This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: 1. **"Love Tapped Upon My Lattice"**: A romantic poem with accompanying vase illustration, presenting sentimental verse about love and roses. 2. **"The New Jersey Air-Ship"**: An illustration of an early aircraft (mosquito-like design), likely referencing contemporary aviation experiments, possibly New Jersey-based aeronautical development. 3. **"Merely A Suggestion"**: A comic illustration showing a man and woman in physical combat/struggle on the ground, with dialogue about watching a sunset from the kitchen window. The humor appears to satirize domestic relationships and the contrast between romantic ideals versus marital reality. The "Pearls of Etiquette" caption at bottom makes a dry joke about games improving health and grace of movement. The page represents typical early-1900s Life magazine humor: literary sentiment mixed with satirical commentary on modern life, romance, and social behavior.
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LOVE TAPPED UPON MY LATTICE. [ove tapped upon my lattice As he was passing by, - Laden with young June roses, And ‘Come in, cried I. Love,” “Now dost know what thou askest?” Quoth Love, with dimpling chin; 1 caught the roses’ fragrance, And begged again, “Come in He tripped across my threshold; I took the load he bore— Alas, the day I opened To little Love my door! The roses’ crimson petals Conceal the cruel thorn; Sharp in the throb of passion The bitter pang is born. And aye, and aye, forever, Since earth was first awake, There's somewhat in Love's k A woman's heart doth break. IT IS THE CORRECT THING TO REMEMBER THAT ALL GAMES, SU‘ GRACE OF THE MOVE! *LIFE: Yet, oh, the roses’ fragrance ! And, oh, Love's dimpling chin! Were they outside my lattice, Again I'd bid them in! A.M. L. Hawes. i is reported that the resident mathematicians of Harvard have undertaken to compute how large a hemispherical vessel it would take to hold the total of consoling beverages which have been consumed, during the last decade, by Harvard men in drinking to ‘better luck next time.” It is a big job, but the computers are able, and have the aid of ious mechanical appliances. ingen- F some men had brains in proportion to their gall, the whole world would be subject to foreclosure at their pleasure. ROMPTNESS is the art of waiting for other people. PEARLS OF ETIQUETTE. AS FENC TS AND THE HEALTH OF THE BODY, THE NEW JERSEY AIR-SHIP. MERELY A SUGGESTION. RIDGET: Sure, ma’am, I wud call your attenshun to the beautiful sunset out av the kitchen winder. Mistress: That's nothing, Bridget. You ought to see it rise some morning. BOXING, ETC., INCREASE BOTH THE comicbooks.com