Life, 1898-10-13 · page 7 of 20
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# "Afternoon Ride in the Philippines" This cartoon depicts a woman riding a zebra-striped creature (possibly representing a mule or hybrid animal) alongside a crowned, ape-like figure. The caption notes this drawing comes "from reliable data furnished by our special correspondent at Manila." The satire likely mocks American colonial attitudes toward the Philippines, which the U.S. had recently acquired following the Spanish-American War (1898). The grotesque, crowned figure probably caricatures Filipino leadership or indigenous populations, reflecting racist depictions common in early 1900s American satirical media. The absurd "afternoon ride" imagery satirizes romanticized or exaggerated reports from colonial territories. The overall tone suggests skepticism about official accounts emerging from the Philippines campaign.
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AFTERNOON RIDE IN THE PHILIPPINES, ‘THIS DRAWING 18 FROM RELIABLE DATA FURNISHED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT AT MANILA, high-sounding phrases. Algarcife, for instance, looks back on the time he had spent without Mariana us ‘a colorless stretch of undifferentiated days.” . . . LL of the fine phrases are not wasted on “life.” Broadway at night comes in for a special assortment of its own. It is & wonderful scene, for there “the aberrant shadows of the passers-by met and mingled one into another. A phantasmagoric procession took place upon the sidewalk —which is indisputable evidence that Tammany was in power and everything was “ wide-open.” Under tho severe reign of Captain Chapman it would not have been possible for “the ethereal accompaniment of the physical sub- stance of a Wall Street plutocrat to glide sedately after that of a bedizened daughter of the people.” This general demoralization affects the higher walks of art, and the handsome young dramatic critic of the story, we are told, “ regarded life as a gigantic jag, facing failure with facetiousness and gout with inconsequence.” In short, the deduction {s inevitable that Bohemia in New York needs a strong infusion of plain, ordinary good humor. It is probable that the wine served with table d'héte dinners has at last got on the nerves of the Bohemians, and real art and real litera- ture aro in danger of extinction. When that timo arrives this will, indeed, be an “inferior planet.” Droch. Gomes people seem to think that friendship consists of tell- ing other people their troubles. Love's Mathematics. 141s. 1-1=Bad appetite and love letters, 2?=Klas and make up. 2+1= An elopement or a divoree. 2+1=A crowd. 35 = Coy and kittentsh 27 104-20 = Marriage for money. « = How long they aay they will love each other. PROBLEMS. 1, Alonzo and Elfrida are at church together. Alonzo finds that he has only one $5 gold plece and one copper cent. ‘When the contribution box Is passed, which plece of money will Alonzo put tn the contribution box: (a) Before marrtaget (t After marriage? 2, With champagne @ $2a pint and tce cream soda @ 2c. a pint, which will Clifford advise Ernestine to imbibe after the theatre, he reallzing that the former Is destructive to the Uning of the pocketbook, and the latter to the lining of the stomach? 3 The interest on pledges collected by a pawnbroker being % @ month for the first three months, and 24a month there- after, and Algernon’s watch having cost $200 at the Jeweler’s, how much will the pawnbroker advance him to buy his fiancée a souventr spoon? ‘Will the absence of his watch make Algernon early or late— (a) In bits calls? (®) In bis home-gotng? 4. The gross assets of Lycurgus, engaged to Sophronia, equal $4.37. The gross assets of John, futher to Sophronla, equal $850,000. There are fifteen steps leading up to John’s office. Lycurgus, being abuyt to propose to him for his daughter's hand, will occupy how much time— (a) In asceuding the steps? (0) In descending them? 5, Gas selling at $1.40 per thousand feet, and costing at the Tate of éc. per hour when the jet is turned full on, how many feet will tt require to keep the reception-room lighted— (a) During the call of a flancé? (0) When a casual acquaintance Is calling ? 6. The factor of safety of the easy chair In Melissa's drawing- room ts 8 when she {8 altting in italone. What ts the factor of safety when Erastus ts calling upon hert 7. Gideon tsa bank clerk and courting his employer'sdaughter. His salary equals $60 & month. With violets @ $5iper bunch, ‘Theatre tickets @ $2 per seat, Hansoms @ $1 per hour, And Gideon's hall bedroom and board @ $10 per week, how much money will Gideon's landlady receive at the end of the month? Rupert Hughes, HE roport that Colonel Waring may be sent to supervise the cleaning up of Havana, Santiago, and otber Cuban cities, really on- courages the hope that in tho end we may do Cuba some good. If Cuba can be made wholesome, we shall all want to go down and take a Jook at it. But first ' we want that cut made, th rough which the tide- water 1s to wash out Havana har- bor, Woe can spare Colonel Waring from New York for a year or two, if necessary, for 80 good a work as that, comicbooks.com