Life, 1902-07-24 · page 3 of 20
Life — July 24, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 67 The page contains literary content rather than political satire. At top is a photograph of two fishermen with boats on a river, illustrating "The Abiding Guest," a poem by Charlotte Becker about hospitality and an uninvited houseguest. Below is a small illustration accompanying "Fit," a humorous verse about a man who "loves not his name" and fears venturing out—depicting domestic anxiety rather than political commentary. The right column includes a dialogue snippet about the President's yacht and shipbuilding costs, plus a brief exchange between characters "Nodd" and "Topp" debating whether a baby is "precocious" or merely ordinary. This appears to be a **humor and literature page** rather than political satire—typical of Life magazine's mixed editorial content from this era.
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The Abiding Guest. [Tis no use to question me— - [know not how he came : The little god, adventurous, Who told me but his name. Tonly know he made his home Where he might watch my door. T could not venture in or out But he was there before. She} L CAN LAND THINGS WHEN THEY BITE. He: 1 KNOW, BUT YOU ALWAYS THROW THEM BACK. And so, perforce, I took him in And lodged him in my heart; Sow, what is his, and what is mine, We cannot tell apart Sometimes T pay a penalty Of sorrow for his jest, Sometimes I fret in anger at Obeying his behest Yet, if some morning I should wake To find that he had flown, The years wonld be too | To journey through alone ! Charlotte Becker, Fit. aN HE President's official yacht, the Mayslower, has, as the pub- lic prints felici- a tously put it, been made the “fit habitation for the ruler of a wealthy nation."”’ The main halyards and gray (and presum- ably the mizzen top-gallant also) are in pink and mauve velours, the lee scuppers aro Louis Quatorze, while the hatches are blue Delft. Anyway, they cost fifty thousand dollars, which is the main thing. The name Mayflower isa good-natured thrust at the Pilgrim fathers, whose ship was fitted out with ludicrous simplicity. LTAPPINESS is but a loan to be returned in an hour. ‘THE “Confessions of a Wife” are believed in Boston to be by the author of ** An Old Maid's Paradise." Noe: What do you mean by saying that my baby is just an ordinary baby? Topp: Why, he is precocious and beautiful and the best that ever lived, isn't he? comicbooks.com