Life, 1899-06-29 · page 3 of 21
Life — June 29, 1899 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 541 This page contains three distinct satirical pieces from early 20th-century Life magazine: 1. **"Agony Long Drawn Out"**: A dialogue between Larissa and Henrietta about a man who kept Larissa dressed up during hot afternoons at a watering place but never proposed. The satire mocks romantic disappointment and the social custom of courtship rituals. 2. **"He Has No Tact"**: A brief joke about Mr. Dinkey lacking understanding of golf, suggesting he cannot "pretend" to understand the sport—satirizing social pretense and masculine incompetence. 3. **The fence illustration**: Shows a boy examining a fence with the caption "It isn't that it hurts, but—how much more I need that piece of cloth than be."—likely commenting on poverty, necessity, or clothing shortage during a period of hardship (possibly WWI era).
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
PAIN has paid the piper, And Yankee soldiers dance, Anon tho Yankeo soldier cries: * Iva warm for so much exercise, Tho profit isn’t very big In keeping up 40 brisk a jig. Wo'ro almost ready now to drop— Consarn that piper! Won't he stop?” No. Spain bas paid the piper. Perpetual advanco Is what bo plays, and as he pipes Tho Yankeo soldiers dance. He Has No Tact. “ R. DINKEY has no tact at all,” said Miss Gildersleeve to Miss Frocks. “Hasn't he?” “No; he won't even pretend that he understands golf.” Agony Long Drawn Out. “Teach Tame CuARISSA: Henrietta, you needn't try to deceive me—you have some painful memories connected with that man, Hewnietta: Well, I think so, He kept me dressed up hot afternoons at that watering-place last summer and then didn't propose. “97 ISN'T THAT IT NURTS, BUT—GOW MUCH MORE I NEED THAT PIECE OF CLO THAN HE.”