Life, 1899-03-09 · page 3 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 183 **Main Illustration:** Shows a domestic scene where a count appears to be living luxuriously on credit. The caption states: "Count Noaccount has been living luxuriously on credit for several weeks. The morning he is to be married he receives a telegram." This satirizes European nobility who live beyond their means on borrowed money, with the implication that marriage (possibly for financial reasons) disrupts their precarious situation. **"A Note of Warning"** poem references seasonal migration ("belles are flocking southward") and includes romantic/cautionary themes about young people and Cupid. **Bottom section** mentions Providence and government reputation at Washington, though context is unclear. The page primarily mocks aristocratic financial irresponsibility—a common satirical target in Gilded Age American humor.
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COUNT NOACCOUNT HAS BREN LIVING LUXURIOUSLY ON CREDIT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE MORNING HE IS TO BE MARRIED HE RECEIVES A TELEGRAM. A Note of Warning. HE ballrooms aro de- serted ; E’en Sherry’s white and gold, Left desolate by dancers, Now echoes lone and cold. Hungariin bands are play- ing, But not for flying feet Cotillions’ rhythmic meas- ures— ‘Tis music moro dis- “4 GAME OF CHANCE.” ereet. The belles are flocking southward, After the season's foam ; In balmy Carolinas Neath whisp'ring pines they roam, Or where the flerce Atlantic, Assuming xentler mien, Kisses the snow-white beaches Of quaint old Augustine, Young Cupid also journeys ked close his m His arts and sly enchantments, That bow of many strings. Tho crafty little marksman Improves the shining bours, And mingles wingéd arrows With fragrant orange flowers, Bermuda bids him welcome, And all the palm-fringed isles That grace the turquoise waters Give shelter to his wiles, Ye maids with hearts unguarded, As 'neath strange skies you roam, A note of warnin ink not That Cupid stays athome! A. S. ROVIDENCE solves the problems, and the government at Washington lives on the reputation thereby made.