Life, 1902-11-06 · page 15 of 24
Life — November 6, 1902 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of early 1900s *Life* magazine humor: **Main cartoon ("No Love Lost")**: A mother confronts her daughter about accepting a suitor named George. The joke relies on the daughter's witty comeback—George doesn't approve of the mother either—suggesting mutual dislike between prospective in-laws. The satire mocks Victorian courtship customs and family interference. **Smaller pieces** include: - "Just in Time": A quip about a publisher sending an author's unsold books as fuel during a coal shortage—economic satire about publishing failures - "In New York": A conductor's excuse for not stopping a streetcar; he feared an official was watching, satirizing workplace incompetence and bureaucratic cowardice - Editorial critique of *The Sun* newspaper's awkward grammar (split infinitives, dangling prepositions) The page mockingly critiques contemporary American life: class relations, publishing, public transportation, and journalistic standards. The tone is lighthearted social commentary rather than sharp political satire.
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399 industry—and who do not care if the whole anthra- cite industry were wiped out of existence at once, They will prescribe the proper redress for thore grievances and it will be instantly forthcoming, And for three years the same will Le adhered to, To implicitly accept their verdict and insist that it be abided by.— The Sun, October 15. [Edi- torial.) Admire the examples of English written by the editors of The Sun, of which one wrote all three and who thinks well to boldly take an infinitive, to roughly split same, and, if it were possible, choose a preposi- tion to end a sentence with. Just in Time. és WwW AS your last book a suc- cess?” “Oh, immense. The publish- ers sent the entire edition up tomy house just as we ran out of coal.” Charity. 'HE incident of the Cleve- land man dying from the effects of an operation for the removal of some false teeth which tho X-ray discovered in his wsoph- agus, but which turned out to be in his bed, calls for the broad Rag- lan of charity. To err is human; to forgive, divine; to sug- gest that with good Chris- tian Science treatment the man would be alive and well, simply devilish. In New York NGRY PASSENGER: Didn’t you hear me tell you to stop the car? Conpuctor: Yes’m. But one of the officials of the road was looking right at NO LOVE LOST, “YOU HAVE ACCEPTED GEORGE! WHY, YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT I DON'T APPROVE OP HIM." “THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MAMMA, NEITHER DORS HE APPROVE OP YOU." THE LAST HOP OF THE SEASON. comicbooks.com