Life, 1901-10-24 · page 6 of 20
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# Page 326 of Life Magazine - Content Analysis This page contains a brief comedic dialogue ("Success at Last") between Doctor Brown and Mrs. Murphy about maintaining room temperature, followed by a book review section and a political cartoon. The cartoon depicts a figure suspended in what appears to be a hammock or sling, labeled with text about a "Patent, Indestructible Naval Hero; Warranted Not to Fade or Shrink." The accompanying verse mocks this figure, suggesting it's a satirical commentary on American military heroism or perhaps a specific public figure presented as artificial or exaggerated. The exact historical reference is unclear without additional context, but the satire targets the construction or marketing of a "hero" as a commodity—something manufactured and guaranteed not to deteriorate, implying artificiality or hollow patriotism.
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* LAP E: “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, DEAR?" “UM MAKING #OME MINCE Pies ACCORDING TO YOUR MOTHER'S owN nectre.” “ALL RIGUT. I'LL HAVE SOME DYSPEPSIA REMEDY MADE UP ACCORDING TO MY FATHER'S OWN RECIPE.” the many books dealing with Civil War times which have appeared during the past few ths, one of the most satisfactory is Albert Elmer 's Henry Bourland, Iv is a vivid picture of , and an able analysis of the principles and passions of the reconstruction period in Virginia. (The Macmillan Company. Those who have read Nella, the Heart of the Army will hardly need a warning in regard to Philip Verrill Mighels's new book, The Crystal Scepter, This story, which contains the adventures of a casta- way among a tribe of * missing Jinks,” is an even better example than the former book of the untamed exuberance of the author's imagination. (R. Fenno and Company. $1.50.) S. R. Crockett seems to have found a solut of the dialect problem. In his novel Cinderella, a very readable adaptation of the old fairy-tale to modern life, he the * Hoot Mon” portions of the book that they may be read or omitted at pleasure, without prejudice to the continuity of the story. (Dodd, Mead and Com- pany. $1.50.) nator starting with a few p facts and one or two plausible theories, has proved to hi complete satisfaction the location and conditions of our future His book, The Cities of the Sun, is an interesting ex- (The G. W. Dillingham Company.) existence ample of cross-eyed log’ The Lord of the Sea, by M. P. Shiel, is a romance of the future founded upon the idea that the sea, like the land, might be subjected to private ownership. a more plausible theme. It contains some work worthy of (Frederick A. Stokes Company.) The Supreme Surrender, the eighth of Harper's American novel series, contains some clever comments upon social and political life in Washington. As a story, however, it is weak and badly handled. It is by Maurice A. Low. (Harper and Brothers. $1.50.) A Book of Remembrance, an autobiographical work by Mrs. E. D. Gillespie, the granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, will doubtless prove of greater interest to the author's many friends than to the general reader. (J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia.) J, B, Kerfoot. Success at Last. L OCTOR BROWN: Well, did you keep the thermom- eter in the room at seventy degrees, as I told you? Mrs. Murpuy: I did indade, doctor, but I had a hard toime to doit. The only place it would stay at sivinty was forninst the chimney-piece. W ANTED: By the American People, a Patent, Inde- destructible Naval Hero; Warranted Not to Fade or Shrink. ON WASHDAYS YOU WILL OFTEN HEAR, BUT VERY SELDOM SEE, THAT PUNCHING, PRYING, PEEPING PEST, THE PEEVISH PICKAREE. ME'LL SWITCH THE CLOTUING FROM THE LINE, AND AS HE HOMEWARD ROLLS, UE LEAVES BEMIND A SEETHING TRAIL OP BUSTED BUTTONUOLES. comicbooks.com