Life, 1902-08-28 · page 3 of 20
Life — August 28, 1902 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 169 This page contains three separate humorous articles rather than a unified cartoon: 1. **"Popular Fiction"** - A brief satirical poem about formulaic literature. 2. **"Wonders"** - Jokes about Mr. Robert Fitzimmons (likely the boxer) being healthy at forty-two, and a pun about digestion without drug assistance. 3. **"Monkeying With the Buzz-Saw"** - Satirizes the University of Chicago's decision to segregate male and female students, using a chemistry analogy comparing oxygen and hydrogen to men and women, and arguing that separation prevents "explosions"—implying romantic entanglements. 4. **"Monarchs"** - References a meeting between Kaiser Wilhelm and J.P. Morgan (identifiable by context), depicting diplomatic/commercial relations between German and American powers. The illustration shows two figures in formal dress, likely depicting the Morgan-Kaiser meeting referenced in the text.
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Popular Fiction. DAB or two of history, A fragile thread of plot, Great gobs of talk and love and gore— The rest, it matters not. Wonders. At forty-two Mr. Robert Fitzsim- mons boasts of being a healthy old man. Only a few centuries ago, a man had to live to be a hun- dred and read fine print with- out glasses in order to be a wonder ; but now, man of forty who can digest his food without the help of drugs isa wonder. As the Sacred Writ has it, “wonders never cease.”” Monkeying With the Buzz-Saw. HE academic authorities at the University of Chicago have finally decided, it is an- nounced, to segregate the young women students from the young men students. Oxygen and hydrogen occur naturally together. They may be separated, but when they are separated, at the merest touch of fire, they unite with a violent ex- plosion. And nature is full of analogies. But after all, explosions are often good advertising. Monarchs. (THE kings manifested great cordiality as they met, the Kaiser kissing Mr. Morgan on both cheeks, and Mr. Morgan letting him. Mr. Morgan wore the uniform of a German admiral, and the Kaiser the seersucker suit of a captain of in- dustry. At parting the Kaiser ordered a salute of fifty guns to be fired by the fleet, while Mr. Morgan directed that all securities on the Berlin Bourse be dulled one point. N oB0py knows what love is until Henry: 1 DO WIS WE MAD AN ENCYCLOPRDIA, AMELIA, it is returned. “WELL, [ DON'T. IP WE HAD ONE, HENRY, YOU'D GET FULL OF INFORMATION, AND BE DULLER THAN YOU ARE Now.” comicbooks.com