Life, 1898-10-27 · page 8 of 20
Life — October 27, 1898 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 328 This page contains several humor pieces and illustrations typical of early 20th-century Life magazine. The main cartoon titled **"I'D CALL TH' COP, BUT MAYBE THERE IS NO SNAKES THERE AT ALL"** shows an animal (appears to be a monkey or ape) at a zoo entrance, playing on fears and anxieties about reporting crime or disturbances when uncertain of the facts. Other sections include short humorous dialogues: "A Trump," "Rubbing It In," and "He Knew"—brief comedic exchanges about everyday situations like a child receiving punishment, parent-child dynamics, and a teacher questioning students about missionaries. The illustrations by various artists satirize ordinary social situations and human foibles rather than specific political figures or events. The satire targets universal human behaviors: dishonesty, stubbornness, and moral hypocrisy.
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328 can act, And shecan, too. Then she cuddled up closer, and whispered : “Tl never, , never have a shadow of a doubt about you, Jack, You're just as truc as ' true!” Now, that hurt me quite poignantly, because it happens that I had recognized my wife the moment she entered the quaint little restaurant of wicked old Pierre. Clay Arthur Pierce, Kleptomania. 18 passing strange"—thus mused the shade Ot Father Knickerbocker— “That, ero my poor remains were laid Away in Timo’s last locker, To steal was looked upon as crime, To-day, men seem far brainier; And theft, a sin inancient timo, Is now yclepta mania!” Graham Dewey. ad THE FIRST BIRTHDAY. Eve (insinuatingly): WAVE YOU FORGOTTEN, ADAM, THAT ‘THIS 18 MY BIRTHDAY? INDEED, E MAVEN'T! MY RIBS ACHE YETI!" His Reasons. ATRIOT (to colored regular): But I should think you would be glad to march up the avenue, with the people cheering, and lots of flags and music. “Oh, dat’s all right; but yo" see, de white folks dey come fust, an’ de flags wave an’ de people cheer, an’ de ban’ play de ‘Star Spangle Banner.’ An’ den, ’way back at de end ob de percession comes us colored folks. An’ de flags doan’ wave much, an’ de people’s got hoarse, an’ de only ban’ in de outfit plays ‘All Coons Look Alike to Me.’” “VD CALL TI’ COP, BUT MAYBE THERE 18 NO SHNAKE THERE AT ALL"? A Trump. HE said I was tho king of men, And, from the easy grace With which she took me in, I guess Sho must havo been the ace. Rubbing It In. ‘OND PARENT: What is the matter, Bobby? You don't geu- erally keep on crying after your father has given you a beating. Bossy: I know it. But he says I've got to sit down and think it over. Before, I've always stood up and forgotten it. He Knew. EACHER: What is the other name given to jams? Tommy Trappies: Jim. «¢ A RE the natives of the faland Christianized?” asked the sombre lady. “They would be,” sighed the escaped missionary, ‘‘if their diet had had any effect.” Woe Unto Israel! As to the manager, he is necessarily a shopkeeper. We have no right to demand that he should be anything but a business: man. The trouble 1s he is @ very bad business man. He usually comes from the riff-raff of the populace. He cannot tell good from bad. He cannot interpret in advance ‘the inarticulate desires of the public—sr, Israel Zangwit’s Lecture on“ The Drama. Mr. Zangwill evidently has io raco prejudice, At the same time, tt would bo well for his physical welfare not to come into contact with any of his co- religionists of the Theatrical Trust, Those gentlemen have been known to resort to violence when too ZA honestly criticised.