Life, 1902-10-09 · page 6 of 22
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 302 This page features a single cartoon captioned "WHY, JONES SAID TO ME ONLY THIS MORNING: 'TOM, CAN YOU MAKE YOUR WIFE HAPPY?' AND I SAID, 'NO, JONES. NO MAN CAN MAKE HIS WIFE HAPPY...'" The cartoon depicts a domestic scene with a man speaking to what appears to be his wife or a female companion. The joke satirizes marital discord and contemporary attitudes about marriage—specifically the impossibility of satisfying spouses. This reflects early 1900s social commentary on gender relations and matrimonial expectations. The remainder of the page contains book reviews under "The Latest Books," discussing new novels and their merits. The cartoon's humor relies on recognizing the sardonic, cynical attitudes toward marriage common in the era's satirical publications.
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302 Our Fresh-Air Fund. Ta meeting of the trastees of the Industrial School Association, Brooklyn, E. D., held September 1902, the following resolution was adopted : Resolved tthe thanks of this Board are dae and hereby teudered to the proprietor of the Live weekly magazine for the entertainment afforded two hundred children of the Industrial School Association, Hrook- lyn, E D., at his farm at Branchville, Conn., from Jaly 18 to 31, free of charge. Under the direction of the Rev, U. 0. Monr and his good wife the cbil- dren enjoyed the happlest two weeks of their life and came home all well and In high glee. Benj. N. Wilson, President. Geo. It. Fisher, Secretary. Broox.yn, N. ¥., September 19, 1902, Condactor Dass and his band have tendered to Live's Fresh-Air Fund # benefit concert, to be given at the Metropolitan Opera Honse next spring. In bebaif of tts charly Lire thanks Conductor Duss for his generous offer and will notify ts readers of the date of the concert. MARIE CORELLI'S new r0- manee, Temporal Power, will probably be one of the most widely discussed pieces of current fiction. The curiously inclined will find amusementin fitting the shoes of her characters to the feet of certain exalted personages; the pessimists and the fanatics will enjoy her circus riding upon her favorite hobbies, andall must credit her with keen thrusts at modern governmental methods, She is brilliant and illogical, pertinent and impractical. (Dodd, Mead and Company. $1.50.) A thoroughly characteristic ro- mance from the pen of S. R. Crockett is The Dark 0° the Moon, The scene is laid among Scottish gypsy clans and is full of action and interest. (Harper and Brothers. $1.50.) A political novel is one of the many things which, if well done, is very attrac- tive, and if indifferently handled is hope- WHY, JONES SAID TO ME ONLY THIS MORNING: ‘TOM, CAN YOU MAKE YOUR wire Harry?! AND 1 SAID, ‘NO, JONES, NO MAN CAN MAKE M18 WIPE HAPPY. NO WOMAN 18 CONTINUOUSLY less. Margaret Bowlby, by Edgar L. Vin- narry, TH nest We CAN DO 18 TO CONTINUE 80 TO MITIGATE THE CONDITIONS OP BONDAGE THAT cent, is of the latter type. (The Lothrop ati THe ALTERNATIVES WILL SEEM ON REFLECTION TO RE INEXPEDIENT. Publishing Company, Boston. $1.50.) Joseph Conrad's Typhoon i$ in several 18 @ variation of the old theme of love ensu- respects rather an exceptional piece of work, 18 Upon a marriage of convenience. A It contains one of the most terribly realistic Prominent novelist marries a girl to study pictures of a storm at sea that has ever been her character for his new book. Believe penned. Itcontains a character study in that and the rest is not only easy but well Captain MeWhirr fit to stand for a type, Studied and interesting. (J. F. Saylor and and incidentally it contains an amusing Company. $1.50.) story. (G.P. Putnam's Sons. $1.00.) Stories about stage life by an actress A Prophet of the Real, by Esther Miller, : sums up By the Stage Door, by Ada Patter- son and Victory Bateman, Stories founded upon facts and told with a sincere desire to show truly some bits of the best side of stageland ; here lies their merit. Literary perception and the deft touch of the expert short story teller they lack. (The Grafton Press. $1.50.) Admirers of Miss Mary MacLane, for- merly of Butte, Montana, are advised not comicbooks.com