Life, 1901-06-27 · page 8 of 21
Life — June 27, 1901 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Content Analysis This page contains a short story by Mabel McGlasis rather than political satire. The narrative concerns "Licent," a woman of questionable moral character, and her interactions with men named Hiram and Hetty North. The illustrated vignette shows a mermaid-like figure underwater, apparently part of the story's fantastical or allegorical elements. The bottom cartoon depicts three crows or ravens seated at a table, captioned with dialogue about breeding—a likely reference to human reproduction or social commentary on unmarried women, though the specific satirical target remains unclear from the visible text alone. This appears to be social/domestic humor rather than political commentary, typical of Life magazine's satirical fiction content from this era.
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546 dishes, Mrs. Stumps, who sat making an ssar by the lamp, said suddenly : Hiram Lane is "round this cent dropped the platter she was wiping, sbecause it was Does he think I’m good whispered to herself, and her face grew young at the thought. “You might run over to Het an’ spend the © i Stumps, not not “An! Hiram, North's: altered "1 . “Oh, he'scomin’ to see me,” answered Mrs. Stumps. “ Ob,ef Td only ben good enough!" thought 'Licent in an agony,as she went obediently over to Ietty’s. When she came home at ten o'clock Hiram was 3 they met at the gate. "said Hiram, stopping her, “do you still feel the same way?” “Oh, Hiram,” enough fer you He passed on. Ile continued to come sometimes went to Het stairs in the little it upright. She was gi ited downstairs, Sometimes, when the murmur of voices reached her in her cramped position under the eaves, she would weep and sob to the row of geraniums on the window-sill, “If I'd only ben good she murmured, “I ain't good ing, and 'Licent ed up- roof was so low n to understand nes stat id carelessly T suppose ity Gine giel, and'll you'll be h only ben good enough!” Matel McGinnis. “DON'T REACH ACROSS TUE TABLE LIRR THAT, TOU LITTLE SCANT. MAVEN'T YOU ANY BreeDIN Por Taxes!" “MAVE £ GOT THE FELLOW THAT SWALLOWED MY LITTLE GRANDSON??? HE newspaper dispatch from Topeka, Kansas, about Mrs. Charles M. Sheldon’s hired girl has been very popular, and acres of comment have appeared about it. The story is that the hired girl, who was new, had read in one of Mr. Sheldon’s _the-world-made- over stories, that it was a good plan for the servants of a house- hold to take their meals with the rest of the family, so she expressed to Mrs. Sheldon her willingness to follow that course, but Mrs. Sheldon dissented, and the girl left. This is thought to be a joke on Mr. Sheldon, but really it makes, him appear in a good light as a reformer who respects the rights of others, and does not try to Ccomicbooks.com