Life, 1898-08-25 · page 7 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 147 **The Top Image:** A streetcar labeled "2 BROADWAY 2 / BATTERY TO HARLEM" depicts a conductor's management challenge. The caption quotes him saying "When I ring the bell three times I want the passengers to move up"—satirizing the difficulty of coordinating crowded public transportation. **The Bottom Cartoon:** Titled "He Had," this depicts a moral lesson between a "Fond Father" and "Johnny." The father questions whether Johnny has learned what a liar is, and Johnny confirms he has. The accompanying illustration shows fantastical figures (possibly representing lies or deception) in an exaggerated style. This is straightforward Victorian-era moral satire about teaching children honesty, a common Life magazine theme.
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=i Em 2{ a Ce GS) — = who could devise just as complicated forms of spelling—and we called it simply “dia- lect,” and stopped reading it when it went out of fashion. . . . G. WELLS shows a marvelous fac- « ulty, of tho kind one always asse- ciates with Poo, in “Thirty Strange Stories” (Harper). Tales combining ingenuity and fantastic horror aro a very rare production, A dull talent cannot oven make a weak imitation of them. It requires not only in- dustry but intelligence to devise a passable plot of that kind, Mr, Wells never repeats bis horrors, He is fond of scientific in- genuities of the Jules Verne sort, but be can dovise other plots, like “ The Cone turn on a psychological motive. His scien- tiflc stories are always upto date, and often. alittioahead of it. His flying machine beats Maxim's, and his diving sphere descends miles deeper than the Holland boat, More- over,-he can write with precision and vivacity. Droch. T= man who tells you he is about to turn over a new leaf, implies too much about the old one, ANY a woman, no bigger than a 1 gunboat to look at, when cleared for action proves to be a battleship, He Had. OND FATHER: So you have told a lie, young man, Haven't you learned from me by this time what an i is? Poor Lo: 8aY, UNCLE, "XCUSE MY. YOU AXE IN THE HUMANITY BUSINESS, awful thing a liar . U rh COULDN'T YOU HELP ME To MY RIGHTS? Jouxny: Yes, sir, ave. comicbooks.