Life, 1902-05-01 · page 3 of 22
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# Analysis of "Life" Page 365 This page contains two satirical pieces about wealth and social aspiration: **"A Toast"** mocks people with "no sense of humor" who spent lavishly on coronation ceremonies, contrasting them with neighboring peoples who laughed at such extravagance. The fable teaches that "a man's a man for a' that"—a reference to Robert Burns's famous poem suggesting character matters more than wealth. **"Humor" section** features a dialogue about travel costs, with a cartoon of a goat labeled "Another Dollar Dinner," satirizing the absurd expense of wealthy people's dining habits. The main illustration shows a wealthy couple, with a caption about marriage being conditional on financial security. The satire critiques American wealth-obsession and the pretensions of the wealthy class, likely from the early 1900s.
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A Toast. ELERES to him of cheery mood! +. He makes the world his debtor Who sees that life is very good Nor tries to make it better. Humor. ( NCE upon a time a people having no sense of humor went to great expense to get up a coronation, with all the mediaeval lugs. Neighboring peoples, whose sense of humor was very highly developed, laughed heartily to see this. “How silly !"" ex- claimed these. But when the coro- nation was. finally pulled off, the people having no sense of humor were mostly crowded out by of- ficial representatives in short pants from among the peoples who had sense of humor to burn. This fable teaches that a man’s a man for a’ that, especially when his women - folks are anxious to shine sc “ L2ts go to Cali- fornia. It costs only fifty dollars from Chicago.”* “Why not «tart from Denver? That is cheaper still.” ANOTHER DOLLAR DINNER, Vi PREVA RO. ERE ONE IF 1 MAD PLENTY GP xowEy 1 WOULD Love You THEN." ‘TN honest work there is hope for the future and forgetfulness of the past. “(XOING to the great clothes this summer?" “ Newport or London?” show comicbooks.com