Life, 1898-01-27 · page 15 of 20
Life — January 27, 1898 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page features four similar cartoon panels showing a woman repeatedly encountering a dog near a fence post. The humor appears to rest on visual repetition and the dog's apparent "luck" in the encounter. The bulk of the page is a subscriber directory listing names and towns across American states (Kansas through Rhode Island visible here), indicating this is from Life's subscription records. The cartoon's joke likely plays on period comedy conventions—possibly suggesting the woman is unlucky while the dog is fortunate, or vice versa, though the specific satirical point is unclear without additional context. The simple, repetitive staging was typical of Life's humorous illustrations of everyday domestic scenes. The page itself serves primarily as a directory record rather than political or social commentary.
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A LUCKY 009. Kansas City; Mrs. Ellen E, Clark, Kirkwood: L,. W. Thompson, Miss F. G. Woods, Lilie CG. Nutchell, St. Louis: Miss Eleanor E. Lip- pincott, Webster Grove. flontana—Mrs. Pheo. Gibson, Great Falls: Mrs. E. J. Bickel, Helona. Nebraska—Mary L. Hull, F. 1. Kilpatrick, Omaha, New Hampshire— Mrs. J unmer, Berlin; C. S. Clarke, Concord ‘A. Proctor, Hanover: Miss Kate P. Kimball, Hopkinton: Mrs. Geo. F. Ball, Keone; Mrs. Harry Waterberg. ashua: Miss G. L. Remick, Alfred Good- ing, Portsmouth. New York—C. H. Bowme, Palmyra: Marshall Holbrooke, Miss Anna Waal, Poughkeepsie: Miss Eugenta Hinds, Richfield Springs: Miss H. R. Clark, M Clark, Rochester ; Miss Hilda Ward, Roslyn; G. A. Davis, E.'E. Edwards, West Ne Brighton: Miss Clara R. Wemple, New Krighton! Miss Louisa Lyman, Tarrytown : Mrs. E. W. Bass, M. W. Lurk, M. C. Kerth, West Point; Harry Shelton, Miss Mary T. > LIFE: Fiteb, Nathalie S. Canning, A. W. Adams, Yonkers: E. M. Huyck, Albany: Miss Irene Ely, Arlington; E. McKinney, Bing- hamton; H. S. Bigelow, W. G. Doorty, Miss Arnold, Dorr Viele, Buffalo; rs. M.S. Smith, Mrs. John H. Jewett, L. Thorn, Canandaigua; F. K. Arm: strong, Cortiand; Amelia A. Jennio Frankiio; Lawson M. Fuller, H. L. Harris, Governor's Island: M. L. Master, Green- Miss Sarah G. Bradley, Miss Alice G. nd, Hudson: Mrs, T. 8. Allen, Bath Beach; G.B. x. H. De Witt Joy, New Brighton: Miss’) son, § , Harbor Mrs, E. Canfleld. town: C.J Howe. Mt. Vernon: M line H. Stevens, Rochester: Miss H. Iselin, New Rochelle; Olean. New Jersey—Miss H. Bridgeton ; Rose b. P. Griffin, C . B. Hussey, J. M. Salter, East Orange ; Mrs. E. P. Mer Serean. Elizabeth: F. Van Brakie, Keyport: Miss M_C, Kenney, Lakewood; M. W. Bab- cock, Mrs. C. W. ‘Baker, A.'F. Crosman, ; Miss” Helen Shelton, Morrix: Miss Gail P. Pierce. Miss Nina F. 2 H.W. Gledhill, Pater- ‘A. R. Eimer, E. F! Ferris, E, rinceton; Miss Carolyn Wolls, Rahway: Miss Alice Slosson, Sum- mit: A. H. Everdell, Rutherford. “North Carolina—sirs. J. H. Strahan, Miss M. W. Parsons, Biltmore: L. W. Clark, Greensboro. Ohio—Herbert 8. Bridge, Bond Hill: J. Re Foster, Al Holzman, Miss E. Groesbach, Cin- cinnati; Mrs. M. N: Colvin, R. W. Deering, Miss Elizabeth R. Cutter, Cleveland: Mrs, La Monte, Mrs, G, R. Johnston, Colambus; Anna B. Ely, Elyria: Miss Gene Graybill, Lancas- ter: Miss Grace E. Mounts, Miss Mary B. Woodward, Marrow ; Miss Mimle 8. Dickin- son, Oberlin; J. B. Unihank, Wilmington; Constance L. Milder, Wyomin) Probert, Youngstown. Oregon: EB. Knox. S. W. Scott, Portland vanla—Miss Grace M. Weckerl Miss Grace Austin Smith, Rosemont: Mrs. C. S. Weston, Samson; Miss Bessie P. Fol: well, Sharon Hill: W. B. Schober, Capt. W. Benet, So. Bethlehem; Mra. ‘Thos. urter, Swarthmore: Fisher, vale; J, G. Hall, Tarentum ; Verona; David tupp, M liams, Jno. F. Kell. Altoona; Miss Rhoda 3 Chas. W, Collins, Miss Lucy H, Brown, C. \ Collins, Beave: irs, J. M. Dale, Bellefont Mrs. Geo. H. Jackson, Butler; M. V. 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Shepard, Leo y Philadeiphia—Rachael L.” Da- Iwyn, Eugene Wilmer, Edna Bramble, W. Hawes, 3 . G. T. Lukens . Miss Edith Child, K, gode. Francisco, C A.M. Morris, Miss Augas Agnes S. Folsom. Miss F. M. Blive: intte L. Field EI Rewton J. Sharp, Mrs. E. L. Morrison. ' Pittsburg, Pa.—D. M. Be- han, Miss Lydia _K. Murdoch, J. E. Brown, F..N. Brennen, Mrs, C. H. Spencer, A. BL McLarn, James McKirdy. Expensive. Grort: It is a true say there being only two men in the world—those that can play g about classes of poker and those that can’t. Snort: Possibly; but there's a bad leak in it, after all. “How's that?” “Ite so much to find out which class one belongs to.” comicbooks.com