Life, 1901-08-22 · page 3 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 143 This page contains three separate satirical pieces: 1. **"Does Advertising Pay?"** - A sketch mocking an intoxicated person on the Elevated railway reading an advertisement, with a conductor asking their destination. The joke suggests advertising reaches even incapacitated audiences. 2. **"Let's Keep It Up!"** - A story about a truck driver beaten by an angry crowd for mistreating his horse. The narrative celebrates public intervention against animal cruelty, calling the crowd's response "good" and noting the driver was arrested. 3. **"Quite Proper"** - A humorous dialogue between Orthodox Mother Ethel and her daughter about picking flowers on the Sabbath, with the daughter naming various biblical plants as loopholes. The page reflects early 20th-century American concerns about public behavior, animal welfare, and religious observance.
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DORS ADVERTISING PAY? Coxvucror (to intoxicated individual on the Elevated) : What station do yon want? Intoxicated INptvipvaL: What—(hic)—stations have you got? Jenovenrod, dynevs “Is MY MAT ON stRAIONT?” Let’s Keep It Up! TTPHAT man got his deserts the other day who was dragged from his truck by an angry crowd for beating his horse. Good for the crowd! Such brutes are not very common in this country, and Lire was glad to hear that he was roughly treated before being taken in hand by the police. It seems his overladen ell three times on Broadway, and each time he fell the dri beat him without mercy. And when disgusted bystanders climbed up and jerked this driver from his seat and gave him a first-class hammer- ing, he was badly frightened and yelled for mercy. That was a good crowd. Quite Proper. RTHODOX MOTHER: Ethel! How many times must I tell you it is wicked to pick flowers on the Sabbath ? Etuet: But, mother, I’m only picking real Sabbath Madame Leopard: onactovs, neotNaLD! wuat ane You poixe Now? Ones — Adam’s-thread-and-needle, Timothy, Solomon's- “ONLY CHANGING MY SPOTS, MOTHER DEAR.” seal and Jack-in-the-pulpit ! comicbooks.com