Life, 1899-03-25 · page 6 of 32
Life — March 25, 1899 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 246 This page contains three separate humorous items rather than unified political commentary: 1. **"The Tiger"** illustration shows an elephant and tiger in a hollow tree, with the tiger claiming to have caught a smallpox victim—a joke about the elephant's gullibility. 2. **"His Mistake"** satirizes a society woman named Dorothy who wore an inappropriately casual gown to a formal reception on Easter Sunday. The humor mocks her fashion faux pas and social embarrassment among the upper class (mentioning attendees like "Dick Fitzbluffer" and "the Biskit girls"). 3. **"Little Doubt of It"** presents a brief comedic dialogue between a patient and doctor about treatment duration—light domestic humor. These appear to be general satirical content targeting social manners and domestic situations rather than specific political events.
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S FT UF eer. — eet. The Tiger: 1 HEAR TUE ELEPHANT HAS GOT THE SMALLPOX. “1 DON'T BELIEVE IT, IT WOULDN°T FIT HIM." His Mistake. OROTHY was a perfect spring poem in broad cloth, silk und millin- ery, as she swept into Jack’s study and dropped into the easy- chair with a sigh, “Gracious, I'm tired 1" Jack looked up from his writing. “Oh, Jack, you should bave gone with me—it was splendid! The decorations were superb, and some of the gowns perfectly dear! Everybody was there, and—” “Everybody, eb? Don’t J. count as somebody 2” “Goosie! Of course you know you're the somebody, But everybody else was there. Mr. and Mrs. Blazer, Mollie Van Bloomer, Miss Cornbread Dick Fitzbluffer and the Biskit girls. Mrs, Blazer had on the most beautiful bonnet you ever saw. I didn’t like ber gown—it looked ‘tacky.’ Mollie had on the sweetest sort of a tailor-made gown—a warm brown, lined and faced with crimson. But you should have seen the get-up of that Cornbread girl. It was black, with white stripes about four inches wide. Dick Fitzbluffer whispered to me that she looked like a zebra—” “ Fitzbluffer did? Now, you know I—” “Now, don't be jealous, I only saw bim for a second as I came out. Marie Biskit had on a toque that was a perfect dream. Those girls certainly manage to dress well, even though they are poor as church mice.” “And you?” ‘Ob, you can see for yourself how I look. Dick Fitzbluffer said—” “Dick Fitzbluffer says too mucb.” “He said that you should be proud of me— that I was the smoothest article in the bunch.” “Fitz always was felicitous in his choice of words. Were the Boones there ?” **Ob, dear, no! Old Mrs. Mangle whispered to me all about that scandalof Mrs. Boone's sister. Do you know—oh, but I can't tell you! Iv’s too shocking. Mrs. Mangle had on the same bonnet she’s worn for three seasons. The music was good, the flowers lovely. I’ve bowed to so many people, my neck is tired, I wouldn't have missed it for anything.” ** And who’s reception was it, dear?” “ Reception? Why, Jack Darlington! To- day is Easter Sunday, and I’ve just come from church {” George Totten Smith. The Doctor: amt, 1 8EE1 BILIOUS—PROBABLY PROM OVEREATING. FRUIT DigtT—especially avoiding meats, Little Doubt of it. RS. ANKSHUS: Doctor, how is my husband this moraing? Dr. Nonutayno (impresstcely): He isa very sick man. **Oh, doctor, you don’t think—” “Rest assured, my dear madame, that my treatment will straighten him out in less than a week.” HOULD a Frenchman who has eaten bis friend be consid ered a professional cannibal or only an ami-chewer?