Life, 1902-02-13 · page 3 of 30
Life — February 13, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 123 This page contains three separate humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century Life magazine: 1. **"A Collection of Old Revolvers"** (top): A surreal photograph showing what appears to be discarded revolver cylinders in a dark setting. 2. **"Not Exactly a Novelty"** (center): A comic dialogue between a "Newly Disembodied Spirit" and Azrael about cosmic wonders. The joke satirizes the spirit's blasé response—despite being shown the universe's grandeur, the spirit remains unimpressed, admitting he's merely "from New York." This is social commentary mocking New York sophistication and jaded attitudes. 3. **"A Lover to St. Valentine"** and **"Lavish"** (right): Two poems about love and relationships, with accompanying illustrations of a woman and a couple. These offer romantic and social commentary in verse form.
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A Lover to St. Valentine. OW may I my heart recover? AL saint of lovers, pray reveal! Though around Marie I hover, Making strenuous appeal, Yet no atom of my anguish docs the maiden seem to feel! “ Fair exchange !"" I make sugge: “Yours for mine!” I softly sa; Coyly she eludes the question ; Merrily she turns away ; Parlous is a man’s condition who gets neither yea” nor ‘nay’! A COLLECTION OP OLD REVOLVERS, Not Exactly a Novelty. A@ AEL was giving the Newly Disembod- ied Spirit a little trip about the Universe. ‘We are now near the sun,” said he; ‘let us watch it. You will notice how the surface heaves and bubbles. See that spurt of violet colored flame shooting up into space for something like four thousand miles? There! Did you notice that mountain range blow up and crumble into bits? Do you hear that planet shaking roar? Is it not terribly, sub- limely grand?" “Oh, yes,” admitted the Newly Dis- embodied Spirit with a slight yawn, “T suppose it is, but’"—another yawn— “I'm from New York, you know.”" Lavish. - diern Tie the oct re are others for the wooin; “ \ RS. JONES is a lavish enter- its be kad an phasices shoe tainer.” But what can a swain be doing “Yes, I'm told she has no regard for If he’s nothing to bestow ? expense.” Here's a hecatomb, your Saintship, “None whatever ! She even goes so if you'll only let me know ! “ No IDEA OP THE FITNESS OF THINGS.” far as to play a square game of bridge."’ Clinton Scollard, comicbooks.com