Life, 1901-08-01 · page 7 of 20
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# "A Tragedy of the Seashore" - Life Magazine, Page 87 This page contains humorous sketches depicting drowning victims and rescuers at sea, captioned "A Tragedy of the Seashore." The sketches show various stages of water distress with darkly comic treatment. Below is a separate political cartoon titled "The Cruel Highwayman," depicting what appears to be a caricatured figure (likely representing a political or social entity) menacing another character. The caption reads it as a riddle about a "cruel highwayman" who would "scare a man with a gung muzzle" and "make him recite / Two sonnets, eight poems and a puzzle." The page also includes brief prose commentary and a dialogue between a "Citizen" and "Sporting Friend" debating whether to exterminate sparrows, with a suggestion to "get the Legislature to pass a game law protecting them." The exact political targets remain unclear without additional historical context.
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A TRAGEDY OP THE sEasnoRr. De Rigueur, HERE was a wise man of the West, Who had learned to go properly dressed ; Woen spring weather began He took furs and a fan, For he said, ‘1 have found it is best.” Jeabel McKinney. A Letter. RS. —— —— forwards £1-5.0—for her subscription—though she feels rather ashamed of still continuing It, as Lire ts 80 systematically bitter and uofatr to everything English, and it is only the artistic merit and beauty of the drawings which reconciles it to her conscience to take in the paper. If only a little more sense of fair play were displayed, the paper would he far more widely subscribed for. Mrs, —- -— was de- ilghted to see some few weeks back that, at all events, there was one contributor Just-minded enough to draw attention to the fact that, if our management of the Boer war had had tts weak pointa, America was not absolutely immaculate in Its dealings with the Cubans, and, though a tu quoque {8 ® poor argument, It might have some tnfigence in making “the pot" refrain * from calling the kettle black.” After all, Engtand 1s not a bad old country and has many stordy virtues which deserve more credit than Lire seems willing to give her, and which are not altogether un- worthy of Imitation by other countries. Hat, Norwicn, Jane 10. In reply to this esteemed letter Lire has little to say, except to thank his correspondent for her patience with him. He only begs her to remember that he has expressed. as little enthusiasm for the present foreign wars of his own country as for those of England, being firm in the opinion that it was the duty of both Powers to avoid just such quarrels, GHE CRUEL HIGHWAYMAN. A CRUEL HIGHWAYMAN NAMED GUZZLE ‘WOULD SCARE A MAN WITH A GUNS MUZZLE. THEN MAKE HIM RECITE. TO THE ROBBER'S DELIGHT, TWO SONNETS. LIGHT POEMS AND A PUZZLE. ITIZEN : I'd give a clean thousand to find some way to exterminate these sparrows. Sportina Friexp: I’m your man. thing. “ Out with it.” “Get the Legislature to pass a game law protecting them.” I've got just the comicbooks.com