Life, 1897-08-26 · page 19 of 20
Life — August 26, 1897 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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The top cartoon depicts a working-class woman (identifiable by her dress and bonnet) threatening violence against "young villains," using thick Irish-accented dialect ("Dinnis," "yez," "honk"). She warns she'll "break every bone" in their bodies if they don't come home immediately or she'll "kill yez." The satire targets **class anxieties about immigrant working-class mothers and urban youth crime**. The exaggerated Irish accent and crude threat humor at the expense of poor families struggling with juvenile delinquency. For modern readers, this reflects turn-of-the-century nativist attitudes—the joke assumes readers will find both the dialect and the domestic violence threat amusing rather than troubling. The page is otherwise filled with period advertisements (insurance, soap, underwear, railroad tours), typical of Life magazine's format.
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iN FOR IT, “DINNIS, YEZ YOUNG VILLAIN YFZ, WAIT TILL | GET A HOLT OF VEZ, I'LL BREAK EVRY HONK IN VEZ BODY; ANTI YEZ DON'T COME HOME IMMADIATELY ULL KILL vez IF YOU WANT TO KNOW Anything about Life Insurance The Prudential can tell you, and sell you, any form of policy which may be desired. THE PRUDENTIAL is one of the most progressive Companies The PRUDENTIAL has the STRENGTH of GIBRALTAR. It has $19,541,827. 14,158,445, 4,034,116. in the world. Assets, - =e Income, - - - Surplus, - - - The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Home Office, Newark, N. J. JOHN F. DRYDEN, President. Write ieee aver seen Stu Williams’ Shaving Stick, ‘as cts. Yanikte Shaving Soap, S. SEL OE UR Ee CQL IS SUP RIAA EERE DEEDOM OF MOVEMENT That delightful sense of perfect N liberty comes to those who wear Ypsilanti Under- wear. A snug fitting "E's one-piece garment that neither pinches, bulges or slips. Yours for health is YPSILANTI ‘Sold In all tare towns and cities. Hay & Todd Mfo, Cout IPSILANTI, MICH “Never rip and wever tear, Ypstlanté Underwear,” “THERE is one bad thing about the adjourn- ment of Congress," remarked Mr. Hilltop to Mr. Northside. ‘What is that?” ‘We no longer have that pleasure to look forward to.” —Pittsburg Commerctal-Telegraph. ““Wity does that plano sound first high and then low when Miss Wilson plays it 2" ** Well, you see, she is learning to ride a wheel, and uses both pedals from force of habit.” —Boston Herald, Cresson Springs. A Personally-Conducted Tour via Penn- sylvania Railroad, ‘The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has ar- ranged to run another tour from New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Harrisburg, and intermediate points to Cresson Springs, Pa.. on Saturday, August 28th. Round-trip tickets, good going only on August 28th on trains indicated below, or any train arriv- ing in Philadelphia before 12.20 P, M., and thence on special train; and good returning on regular trains within ten days, including also one full day's board at the magnificent Mountain House, will be sold at the following rates:~ Rate, $9 $0 99 9.30 9.49 tot 8.00 10.58 11.35 12.20 P, M, to.s0 A.M, 12,00 noon, 3.00 P. M. Proportionate rates from other points. To persons remaining at Cresson for a longer period than one day a special reduction in hotel rates will be given. For tickets or additional information consult ticket agents. ‘Train leaves, 8.55 A.M. New York.. comicbooks.com