Life, 1898-09-15 · page 8 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 208 **Main Content:** This page features an article about Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian playwright, born 1828. The text praises his literary significance and lists his major works. **Top Cartoon ("Baby the Pictures"):** A caricatured figure holds a box labeled with authors' names, surrounded by smaller figures and a dog. The caption critiques "unobtrusive patriots"—likely mocking people who boast about patriotic credentials while lacking substance. **Bottom Illustration:** Titled "The Bride," this appears to be a scene from an Ibsen play, showing a woman confronting a seated man about his putting "P.F." under his gardens, implying hidden shame or education deficiency. The satire targets class pretension and social hypocrisy—recurring Ibsen themes. **Overall:** The page celebrates Ibsen's work exposing social contradictions, ironically demonstrated through the patriotic satire above.
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BABY THE PICTURES. there ts nothing in it for such unobtrusive patriots as these? o 8 6 NE of the most dreadful results of their sufferings ts loss of memory, wiping out the places and clr- cumstances where these evils began, and making them forget the regiments In which they served and suffered; And yet these human wrecks are scoffed at. Alas! for buman nature. I jumped into the breach to meet such emergenctes. T employed a band of expertenced mind-readers in my business, who made a specialty of reading mental war nd with thetr ald I can always furnish com- plete records with aMdavits to the Penston Burean, sat- {sfactory to the moral and high-minded politicians ma- ning that machine, and I have never failed to land my man, Let traitors rave! I glory tn my splendid record of patriotic rewards secured; my children after me can say proudly, “My father was a pension agent," con- sclous that no grocer will refuse them credit, confident that no purse-proud plumber can look down on them. Joseph Smith. A Gathering of Great Men. T York Harbor, the other evening, there was as dis- tinguished a gathering of American authors as coutd well meet at the present time. This beautifal part of the Mane coast {s especially favored in the literary character of Its summer visiturs, and the announcement JELEE * fan suthor's reading filled Lan- ‘caster Hall to Its limit. The authors present who favored the audience with selections from their own writings were Thomas Bailey Al- drict, W. Hamilton Mable, W. D. Howells, Dr. Henry S. Van Dyke, Charles Dudtey Warner and Thomas Nelson Page. Who wouldn't like to be preseut at such an entertain ment? — Aennebvec Journal. A great many people wouldn't, It is not always the pleasant- est thing in the world to sit and listen to some “distin- guished author” read from bis own works. It merely happens to bo tho “thing to do,” which isa great help in augmenting an audi- ence, The Dyeing Craze. ANY dyo to-day L Who nover dyed before, And those who oft have dyed Now dye the more. The Bride: SWAT DORR CONRN MEAN BY PUTTING P,P. “THAT SHOWS YOUR WANT OF EDUCATION, Henrik Ibsen. HIS able gentleman was born at Skein, Norway, in 1828, and achieved noto- riety when Boston looked up at something he had done. He {8 a playwright by pro- fession, and, having the gift of writing things that are not understood, he takes his place naturally as a literary light of great magnitude. Mr. Ibsen has a back bay as- pect, writes with real ink, breathes like others, and is a human being. Some idea of what he has done can be obtained from @ list of his principal books, They are: “ Fru Inger til Oestraad,” “ Haer Macndene paa Helgeland,” “Brandt,” “Peer Gynt,” “De Unges Forbund,” and “Keiser og Galelacer.” No one living within the mem- ory of man bas read them all through, and few have ever beard of them; but itis enough to know tbat Mr. Ibsen isa great man. Boston acknowledges the fact, and this is sufficient for all purposes. pezames. is the feminine of guess. UNDRK MIs CARDS? REBECCA. IT MEANS * PON POYAGE.'”