Life, 1897-09-30 · page 3 of 20
Life — September 30, 1897 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page from *Life* magazine features "My Queen," a romantic poem with accompanying illustration. The main image shows a couple in an intimate embrace at what appears to be a social gathering, rendered in dramatic black and white. The poem is sentimental Victorian-era romance, describing the speaker's infatuation with his beloved. The illustration style—with its bold contrasts and theatrical composition—suits the passionate tone. Below, a brief humorous dialogue between characters named Jasper and Jumpiffer discusses tariff policy and manufactured goods, suggesting this was typical of *Life's* mix of romantic content and light political/economic commentary. This page reflects early 20th-century magazine conventions: mixing sentimental literature with satirical commentary on contemporary economic debates.
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The bashful one: WHY DO YOU GIRLS ALWAYS KISS EACH OTHER WHEN YOU MEET? She: My Queen. H, night that I shall ne'er forget, When first I saw my queen! I murmured low, *My love, my pet!" With rapture rare and keen, BECAUSE WE WISH TO DO UNTO EACH OTHER AS WE WOULD THAT OTHERS § I held her to my beating breast With just a gasp and smile, My darling was demurely drest In garb of antique style. No word she spake, and yet I heard The music of the spheres; No sign she gave, but I was stirred To joy akin to tears. Oh! was it on the velvet sward, Or on the sounding sca, That she, my beauty, marked her lord, And came straightway to.me? Nay, nay, ‘twas in the club-roam shades, Towards midnight’s solemn hush, HOULD DO UNTO US. I caught my lovely queen of spades And filled a royal flush. McLandburgh Wilson. ON'T waste your strength in words ; keep it to support you when you're listening to somebody clse’s words. ASPER: Well, there is one thing that the new tariff. will give a big boom to. Jumpupre: What is that? “To the manufacture of imported goods.”