Life, 1902-03-06 · page 20 of 22
Life — March 6, 1902 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon depicts an Irishman (identifiable by the "OCH" dialect and "Moonshine" attribution) on a bucking horse. The humor is a simple slapstick joke: after ten minutes of struggle, the rider finally gets his foot in the stirrup—only to announce it's time for him to dismount so the horse can get down. It's a play on exhaustion and comic timing, with the implication that both horse and rider are equally tired. The remainder of the page consists entirely of **advertisements**—Life binders, Gold Lion cocktails, Morton Trust Company, Huyler's cocoa, and Pabst beer. This was typical of early 1900s Life magazine, which blended satirical cartoons with commercial sponsors. The cartoons themselves carry no deeper political or social commentary; they were primarily vehicles for humor and entertainment.
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wakwiek Revwoes | Pat (lo restive steed, which, aster a busy ten minutes, has succeeded in getting its foot in the stirrup): OCH, SURE, IF YR'RE GOING TO GET UP, IT'S TOME FOR ME TO GET DOWN. — Moonshine. ..LIFE BINDER... non | Morton Trust Company CHEAP, STRONG AND DURABLE. & Ncwuire the he, We furnish these in black or red, to hold Tet caret HABIT. i! 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK 26 numbers, for $1.00, postage prepaid. e ‘A eetatimelemeed : Caplta, . . . $2,000,000 LIFE PUBLISHING CO., 19 West 34st Street, N. Y. COCOA & CHOCOLATE Surplus and Undivided Profs, $4,500,000 tn preference te coffee. Why not get the Best ? OFFICERS: A | LEVI P, MORTON, President THOMAS P. RYAN, Vice-President JAMES K. CORBIERE, 24 Vice-Prest. | H. M, PRANCIS, Secretory EUGENE E. VARET, Asst. Secretary G. L. WILMERDING, Asst. Secretary H. B. BERRY, Trust Officer EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: If not handled by yor 0 Levi P. Morton Joseph C. Hendrix not handled by your grocer, send his name and address ene wonca gosent 0. Heads G ion | and receive FREE SAMPLE and BOOKLET, Band F. beewtod Foster Peabody | ‘ | 5 . G, Haven Jacob H. Scbitt | Huyler’s, - 863 Broadway, N. Y. 8 William C. Whitney one OD QUALLED. ) Ty purity BSS Cocktails | 7 proportions. Seven varieties, @ Gold Medal, Paris Ex- position, 1900, | The Cook and Berahelmer Co., New York . Brewed from carefully selected barley and hops — never permitted to leave the brewery until properly aged. comicbooks.com