Life, 1899-04-06 · page 3 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 295 **Main Content:** This page features Sarah Orme Jewett, a prominent American writer. The poem "Life" praises her literary talents, suggesting she alone possesses the charm to make books come alive. **"His Yearn" Section:** A brief comedic dialogue between two Klondike prospectors during the Gold Rush era (the reference to being "nine-tenths froze" indicates harsh Arctic conditions). The joke plays on the contrast between their frozen circumstances and romantic longing. **"The World's Progress":** A gossip column reporting on wealthy New Yorkers—the Gatherams building a villa, Miss Cissie Innitt studying in Paris. The heraldic emblem suggests society pages mocking the pretensions of the wealthy. The page blends literary celebration with satirical social commentary typical of Life's approach to American culture and class.
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SARAH ORME JEWETT. The World’s Progress. HE Newo Butsolids brought out a daughter last Tuesday, and tho houso was decorated with twenty thousand dollars’ worth of violets, Miss Cilley Butsolid is x & charming girl PAN Sho and Trowsors Van Guzzlo aro is” sometimes seen to- gether on the a nue, but there is nothing in it. Pains in the stom- ach will bo occasionally worn during the coming spring. Stilor Nuthin says he is going to have one, whatever it costs. Sarah Orme Jewett. F I could look as sho looks T wouldn't be bothered with books, If I could write as sho writes My looks wouldn’t vex mo o' nights, But to write as sho writes, And look as sho looks, And charm as sho charms— Who is there can do it, Save ouly Miss Jowett? His Yearn. IRST KLONDIKER (shivering like @ corn popper): T wish I was half froze! Sgcoxp Kronpiker : Thuoder! What for? “Because I’m nine-tenths froze now.” Mr. and Mrs, Gathoran Spend will occupy their new villa this next summer, Thero are rooms for two hundred guests, The lawn is three miles across, and the columns of the portico are of juniper, lined with mint, Thero is no truth in tho report that Sally Novre-Atomo wears ready-mado shoes. Tho people who start these cruel slandors should be hunted down and punished. Jack Nevre-Atome says such a thing is unknown, in bis family as a ready-made articlo of any kind. They get measured for overy- thing, except wine, Miss Pussie Innitt—tho oldest daughter of Mrs, Kommunbut Innitt—buys all her lngerie in Paris. Sho is a most charming is half a million, *ATURN FOR THR BICYCLISTS. i 4 I