Life, 1898-11-03 · page 7 of 20
Life — November 3, 1898 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 347 The page contains two distinct elements: **Left photograph**: Shows two women in dark formal attire with the caption "WHY SHOULD MY PAST WORRY YOU? IT IS ALL OVER! YES, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY." This appears to satirize contemporary anxieties about women's past behavior or reputation, likely referencing 1920s social concerns about changing female morality. **Right cartoon**: Titled "THE PASSING OF THE NATURES," depicts a figure riding a horse while looking through a telescope, suggesting obsolescence or irrelevance. The accompanying text discusses American literature and Frederic Remington's work depicting the Mohawk Valley. **Bottom section**: "The Doctrine of Chances" and "Respectability" offer social commentary on manners and propriety, addressing perceived declining standards among American youth and women. The overall tone mocks contemporary moral panic about changing social standards.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
STAN baw s She: WHY SHOULD MY PAST WORRY YOU? IT 18 ALL OVER! “YES; ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.” October 19th, should say that the work of fic- tion he will be best remembered by is “ The Damnation of Theron Ware.” That novel, it is true, attracted the most popular attention— but not because of the things in it which were most worthy in a literary way. What was sensational in it was false to Frederic’s own literary standards. The book by which Frederic’s best friends would like to sec him remembered is that beautiful tale of the Mohawk, * In the Valley ” —which has been not inaptly called an American “Lorna Doone.” He did with skill and enthu- siasm in that story what more American authors should imi- tate—he embodied the tradi- tions of his native State in lit- erature, And when ‘Theron Ware” is forgotten as a pass- ing fad, Frederic will be re- membered for his pictures of the real life of the Mohawk Valley. Droch. The Doctrine of Chances. R. MoCUE (earnestly): 1 knowed this eliction would be closer than our fri'nds, the inemy, mdde out. The firsht wake av the campaign the bet- tin’ odds wuz t'ree t’ one ag’inst us. Mr. Hogan (anziously): Yis? “The second wake the odds wuz two t’ one.” “ Yis, yis.” “ An’ this wake, begobs, the odds are aven!” ‘THR PASSINO OF THE NATIVES. HE allegation ts made that the young woman of the pertod has a defect in table-manners, tn that she does not hesitate to plant her elbows on the table (vide Mr. Gibson's pictures) In all the intervals of food. This allegation has basta, To say that no American woman under thirty knows how to behave at her meals would perhaps be a little too sweeping, but it tx true enough that the freedom of manners which is characteristic of our day ts notable among the younger daughters of Columbia when they ait up. to thelr nourishment, Citizens who have lately returned from London report themselves as much impressed with the exceeding frequency of the elbows of American girls on the tables of the London hotels. It tsonly a peceadtilo, but the mad, part of {t Is that the poor dears don't know apy better. ‘They are as oblivious to the existence of & standard of manners the requirements of which they don't reach, as are the majority of our fellow-citizens who spit on the floor tn the street cars. ESPECTABILITY is the world’s powder-rag. comicbooks.com