Life, 1900-06-14 · page 12 of 20
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# "Some Fun with the Zebra" - Life Magazine Page 512 This page combines romantic dialogue with a three-panel comic strip featuring monkeys and a zebra in an African setting. The top section presents a courtship conversation where a man dismisses his fiancée's concerns about her father's opposition to their marriage, claiming he has "no doubt" he can win him over—a confidently naive assertion. The comic strip below satirizes this overconfidence through slapstick: two monkeys interact with a zebra near a palm tree. The visual gag appears to show the monkeys being struck or kicked by the zebra in successive panels, suggesting that naive confidence leads to painful consequences. The juxtaposition implies the romantic dialogue's optimism will similarly backfire. This reflects early 20th-century humor combining human social commentary with animal-based physical comedy.
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ONLY THE GUOST OF 4 SHOW. Certain. SHE : Papa is much opposed to our marriage. HE (haughtily): You don’t suppose he has any doubt that I cannot take care of you? “Oh, no, He says there is no doubt about it.” ‘Tis Often Thus. [LS tect accordance blent, fond cooing doves ; One warp and woof of knitted tastes —one heart— One soul, transfixed by winged boy's deadly dart— One mutual renouncement of past lo One world—twin spirits. Bliss? Well, just a few! And not a cloud in all the vault of blue— When they were two. Two jarring discords jolt the joyous theme trilled in buried bygone days— y hear at times in lonely ways rifting, veils the sun— ‘The winds are wailing and the skies are dun— Now they are one. Olin L. Lyman. E: Would you mind a little temporary inconvenience, dear ; a few years of pov- erty when you marry me? “Good gracious! Don't you expect to live any longer than that?” SOME FUN WITH THE ZEBRA,