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# Life Magazine Page 83 Analysis This page contains three satirical pieces typical of early 20th-century Life magazine: 1. **"The Joy of Yesterday"** and **"When Marjorie Passes By"** are humorous poems about nostalgia and attraction, accompanied by whimsical illustrations of a woman in fashionable dress. 2. **"Signs of the Zodiac"** (center image) shows zodiacal figures with a woman's face, captioned "Pisces—February," satirizing astrology's popular appeal during this period. 3. **"A Way Out"** features a dialogue between President Hadley and others discussing the Latch Club and social stratification. The satire targets wealthy institutions' exclusionary practices and suggests that social reform requires fundamental changes to trust and financial structures rather than superficial gestures. The overall tone mocks contemporary social pretensions and class divisions.
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peries, lambary Overs, lateb, (8, tobes. The doy of Yesterday. gladness seemed of to ly weft; In ecstasy I said, Twill last for aye!"” Time touched it with his withering band. and left This shrivelled thing—tho joy of yester- day! Emma C. Dowd. HE HOST : 1 want you to meet Mr. Cawker. So interesting, you know. He believes in nothing. Tur Biast On What enthusiasm ! When Marjorie Passes By. V HEN Marjorio’s skirts blowall awry, With a dash of the winter wind, Ido my best, tho’ a bard-like test, ‘To be for the moment blind, * An ill wind it is that blows no good ‘Yo anyone,” I recall; But the wind tbat flirts with Marjorio’s skirts Is an ill wind not at all. 0, no! thén blow yo whispering breeze, With Marjorie’s ruMes play; For who could suppose such dainty bose Were meant to be hidden away ? Then blow when Marjorie passes by, Blow hard as ever you will; For the wind that flirts with Marjorio’s skirts Could never, no, never be fll. Joe Cone. SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. PISCES—FERKUARY. Neptune THIS LIVING IN THE EXTREME BUBUHES OF THE CONSTELLATION 18 NO JOKE. A Way"! Out. of Denver, tlut the way to fight anch trusts as need to be fought {4 to refuse to assoctate with thetr artificers, Don't call on them, says Ir. Had Jon'tdine with ther Soctal ostracism 18 @ great and effectual force. Try that. but do you tuk of Mint to all Mr. Rockefellers’s and the Havemeyers's Invitations and refuse to share thelr food or shake feet at thelr dances for a year, provided you, sir, Will keep thetr trust-gotten funds out of The untveraity you ure boss of, Are you on, dear alr? And will you broach this suggestion to some of the other college presidents and see what they 4 and serminartes refuse lal ostracism for trust Very well, teust gotten me magnates may follow. comicbooks.com