Life, 1902-05-29 · page 20 of 20
Life — May 29, 1902 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This satirical cartoon mocks ingratitude through a brief dialogue between two society women, Eulalie and Hyacinth. Eulalie recounts a remarkable story: a Boer soldier who was shot ten times yet recovered. Hyacinth's response—calling it "perfectly thankless work"—delivers the joke's punchline by misunderstanding the anecdote. She interprets the Boer's survival as ungrateful behavior rather than recognizing it as a medical marvel. The cartoon likely references the recent Boer War (1899-1902), making the "Boer" reference timely for 1902 readers. The humor operates on two levels: the absurdity of the scenario itself, and the woman's twisted logic in framing miraculous survival as discourteous. It's a gentle satire of upper-class obliviousness and conversational mishaps among society women. The page is primarily advertisements (ale, steel pens, automobiles, cigars) with this single cartoon as editorial content.
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Evans’ Ale should head your list of supplies for an Outing. Twill double the pleasures. any C. H. Evaxs & Soss, Hudson, NY. | QPENCERIAN TEEL PENS ARE THE BEST EXPERT WRITERS. <a | CORRES- PONDENTS. RAPID WRITING, INGRATITUDE, Eulalie: OW, WYACINTHE, HERE 13 AN ACT ENGROSSING. COUNT OF A BOER WHO WAS SHOT IN TEN PLACES, AND YET MANAGED TO RECOVER. Samples FREE on receipt of ¢ Hyactnthe: MY DRAR.IT'S REALLY PERFECTLY THANK+ wen EE Ni | SPENCERIAN PEN CO.,it SusaM: |) Habana Clu Electric seers tl AUTOMOBILES Mild And 7 The finest Aromatic oe Imported Cigar Gold Medal, Paris Exposition, 1900. x Mede in the old-fashioned honest way of Pure Habana Tobacco > ‘ : delightfully blended - RO 2 make the cigars for the We have been selected to Official and Royal Banquets Look for the Bull J__Cotumba Tonneau, Mark X1X at the Coronation of Dog on each Box Because of thelr refined construction and finish, their retiabilit, ase of control, their wide utility and thelr constant cediness for use, our ki Ed d Vil J°hn W. Merriam & Co. enicles have steadily grown In favor during the Ing War . Write for Catalogue The Roycroft Sege.r Shop, which is “At the Sign of the Bull Dog” CALIXTO LOPEZ & CO., —___ | 177 Pearl Street, New York. NEW YORK | — Zulueta Street, Havans. comicbooks.com