Life, 1901-11-14 · page 3 of 20
Life — November 14, 1901 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 383 This page contains a satirical illustration and three brief commentary pieces. The top illustration depicts a woman in an evening gown seated while a man in formal attire sits apart, seemingly disengaged. The caption quotes the woman discussing her literary consumption: "You don't know what it is to love. I don't, either! Haven't been to every play, read every popular novel in the last six months, got into debt hopelessly, had my appendix removed, and all for your sake!" The satire mocks wealthy women who pursue cultural sophistication—attending plays and reading novels—while accumulating debt and undergoing unnecessary medical procedures, all ostensibly for romantic purposes. The three accompanying text pieces ("Change," "Aggressive," and "Difference") appear to be separate short satirical comments on contemporary social issues, though their specific references remain unclear without fuller context.
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Copyright, 1901, by Life Pubtishing Oo. ‘She: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT I8 TO LovE. “1 DON'T, EU? HAVEN'T [ BEEN TO EVERY PLAY, READ EVERY POPULAR NOVEL IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, GOT INTO DEBT HOPELESSLY, HAD MY APPENDIX REMOVED, AND ALL ror YouR sake?” Change. V J HEN Tillie used to cross my path, Afoot, or riding on a wheel, Her passing-by an aftermath, A breath of violets, would reveal. But in her auto, she, to-night, So fast that it could not be seen, Rushed by me; and though failed my sight, I knew she passed — by gasoline WwW ORK for a reputation and it will work for you. Aggressive. “We have even organized the children for aggressive tem- perance work.”’ “The children ! pray?” “Oh, we find them very useful in getting evidence when we wish to prosecute the saloonkeepers for selling liquor to minors."" What can they do, Difference. ANGLO-SAXON (old-fustionedty ): ~~ But what, pray, is the difference between ‘‘the Koran, tribute or the sword,” and ‘the Bible, indemnity or benovolent assimilation "’? ANGLO-SAXON (progressizely) : Oh, the Koran and the Bible are not in the least comparable, as to literary style ! comicbooks.com