Life, 1898-12-08 · page 6 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 486 **Left side:** An ornate advertisement for Manhattan, celebrating the city's rivers, buildings, and commercial activity. The decorative text emphasizes New York's economic vitality and urban landscape. **Right side:** A review of Harold Frederic's novel "Gloria Mundi" (H.S. Stone publisher), praising its portrayal of English character and atmosphere. The review suggests the book captures youthful freedom and lacks the heavy social structures of traditional English literature. **Bottom cartoon:** Two working-class men in conversation, captioned "An Ingenious Device." The dialogue suggests a scheme to ensure mutual accountability between two people—likely satirizing either trust between laborers or a con-artist setup. The humor appears to rely on the characters' dialect and working-class perspective rather than clear political commentary.
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“LIP E« 5 Manhattanlocks dishtfully on ana athe ‘ : ith Duildin ind te Yor Eber inde es nse or O SerubbingAnshers Palo loot Love Will Find the Way. gi Jf OVE will find the way— O74 Or 80 the poets, songs and proverbs say. Ayo, part his victims far as pole from pole, Like Tesla’s wireless telegraph his sparks will find their goal. What though duennas insulate or stern papas invelgh? Bootless to Love a parent's curse or convent-gate; In vain to stop up keyholes, Chimneys, chinks, and wee holes, With Cesar turned to clay, or common clay. Armed with his poison passionate, Love laughsat locksmiths—laughs in what should be his sleeve; For, sure as eggs be eggs, as sure as fate, He hath made fools of every man in turn since Adam, every maid since Eve. ‘Then make this note, I pray: That when Love sets that mouth of his to kiss and mate, Love will find the way. Lovo will find the way To leave you when ho wearies of bis stay, When of sweet dalliance ho's had bis fill, Or in the gamo of bill and coo he finds less coo than bill. (Though gods deny you credit, there’s the devil still to pay!) In vain to keep sweet Love your doors be triple-barred, Since both ways work his tools, And ye are fools Who would compel him not of his bon gre. Alas, for tears and prayers and nard! Lay no such flattering unguents to your soul or his, For he that softest was shall be most bard, Thon stake your life and any wealth and reputation you may have on this: That when Lovo wants to play In some ono olse’s asphodeltan-planted yard, Lovo will find the way. Marguerite Merington. Harold Frederic’s “Gloria Mundi.” HE pubtication of Harold Frederic’s novel,“ Glorta Mundi * (II. 8. Stone), following so close upon his untimely death, will naturally call forth many comments and reflections upon his career us @ novelist. The book saggests In ts subject and treatment this backward look. It ts purely English in character and atmosphere—the first serious work of his that has no color derived from the home of his youth. In it the transplanted American has been so long in England that even his tmagination plays there with freedom. There 1s not possible tn {t that old rush of feeling and memory which so often gives the zest of south to books written {n maturity. Whatever “Gloria Mundi" 1s, It owes lo acquired experiences, There are no octogenarian Dukes and great castles and estates in Herkimer County to AN INGENIOUS DEVICE. Pat: if WAN AP US GETS THERE LATE, AND THE OTHER ISN‘T THERE, HOW WILL HE KNOW IP THE OTHER WAN HAS BEEN THERE AND GONE, OR IP 11 DIDN'T COME YET? Mike: WE'LL AISILY FIX THOT, IF OF GET THERE PURRST I'LL MAKE A CHALK-MARK ON THE SIDEWALK, AND IP YOU GET THERE FURRST YOU'LL RUB IT OUT.