Life, 1897-09-23 · page 8 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 248 The page contains several distinct items: **Top cartoons:** Two panels labeled "NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER" show a man with a trumpet and someone at a window. The joke appears to involve someone giving an incorrect response to a question, though the specific reference is unclear from the image alone. **Bottom cartoon:** Titled "King of Beasts: If I Weren't Taking Anti-Fat to Give You Something to Be Frightened About!" shows a thin lion speaking to a smaller animal. This satirizes health anxiety and commercial health products—likely mocking how manufacturers exaggerate dangers to sell remedies. **Text sections:** Include poems titled "First Trousers" and "Still There," plus a brief anecdote about a gentleman returning to Worms, Germany, and a quote attributed to Luther. The page appears to mix humor, verse, and cultural commentary typical of Life magazine's satirical format.
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248 “Tell me now, “You could never guess.” “IT sha’n’t try, for I don't deserve to be kept in suspense,” “You sha’n’t, dear,” she said, hug- ging me. ‘‘ He's Tim Appleton.” “Tim Appleton! ' “Yes, dear. Are you surprised?" “Oh!” was the only sound I could make. I could hardly breathe. Really, I must not wear my stays so tight. Just then the maid announced luncheon, who is he?” Louis Evan Shipman. First Trousers. ITTLE man, little man, With your little trousers blue, 1 wish that I were happy, My little man, like you. Is there ever anything in life That gives such pleasure true As this first pair of trousers, So stunning and so new! Little man, litle man, You with sturdy stride and bold, Pray, have you seen my baby boy? He passed this way, I'm told. His little dress is fresh and white, His clustering curls are gold— He's naught else but a baby, For he's but three years old! Little man, little man, Why, can it really be? When I ask if you've seen him, You say that you are he/ You, with your stride and trousers, And magic pockets three! ‘Tis quite hard to believe it, You look so strange to me. Suste Dawson Brown, OW do you find the stock market?” “Simply unbearable.” Still There. HAT dreary city of Worms on the Rhine boasts, besides its Liebfraumilch, patent leather, brew- ing academies and Nibelung legends, of one of the most handsome monu- ments in Germany. Here Luther is shown surrounded by other promi- nent Reformers—Huss, Calvin, etc. Below the twice life-sized statue, LIFE THE WD 5 saying THE CORRECT ANSWER. King of Beasts: showing Luther in the attitude he assumed when before the Reichstag, are hewn the words he then uttered, being translated as follows: “Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise, God help me. Amen.” A few years ago a gentleman, now residing in New Orleans, returned to his native city Worms for a visit. Upon his return eager friends sur- rounded him, questioning about the city, its landmarks and its people. “The people,” the New Orleansian Ts. Alen IF f WERN'T TAKING ANTI-FAT I'D GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO. BE FRIGHTE ED ABOUT! replicd, ‘‘ah, the people! Well, I didn't see many of my former ac- quaintances. The old folks have died, the younger element has emi- grated, except—yes, except old Mr. Luther, he’s still there, and under him these words: “Here I stand, I can’t do otherwise.” =W men get money without wish- ing they'd secured something else, and no man secures anything else without wishing he'd got money.