Life, 1903-04-02 · page 12 of 36
Life — April 2, 1903 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Easter Verses Page Analysis This is a **poetry and illustration page** from Life magazine's Easter issue, not a political cartoon. The content consists of several light, seasonal verses about Easter celebrations, typical of the magazine's satirical-humorous approach to holiday traditions. The central illustration shows a **Cupid-like figure** with a bow, surrounded by decorative scrollwork—a whimsical Easter motif rather than political commentary. The poems address Easter fashion ("Easter on the Avenue"), Easter hats ("Her Easter Hat"), and romantic Easter encounters ("The Easter Catechism"). A portrait sketch of a young woman's face accompanies the fashion-focused verses. The overall tone is **genteel Victorian satire** mocking upper-class Easter parade fashions and courtship rituals—not addressing political issues. This represents Life's lighter editorial content aimed at entertaining affluent readers about seasonal social customs.
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An Easter Offering. OLILY! Ly poetasters doomed to go With illy, Cl Stilly, And whatso siily Rhymes beside, Or nilly-willy Forced to blow At Eastertide, 1 wot your spotless lot is not A bed of roses. Lily ! Marguerite Meringtow, A Reflection. THEN Easter comes to strew my path With sunshine and with flowers, And all the joys of budding Spring Bedeck the passing hours, My daughters get new hats and gowns, My wife gets frocks and frills, My sons get brand-new While [1 get the bills. ster suits. J.B. RK. Easter on the Avenue. YY tribute to tran Shall we join in the proce yall we march with th All the glamours, 2 They may here be seen on view 5 Mobile,—axtomobile faces ! nm the Avenue! Gowns of gay and tender tinting ; Hats that are a very Laces flowing, jewels gl Lips aglow and eyes agleam. k and kid and patent leather ; Vanity !—you have the elue! O the wondrous, wondrous weather! Easter on the Avenue! aughter, like a prismy Floats adown the vernal ai now the wraith of trouble? And the ghost of sorrow, where? Fled is moody melancholy ; ules the rove and not the rue ; it is the reign of folly Easter on the Avenue! Clinton Scollard. The Easter Catechism. “you ask me “ what she wore,” and wait, And marvel that I hesitate, Since right beside her in thi I sat for full an hour or tw “ And what did she have As tho’ it were an casy task. But [will answer like a man, And give such details as I can Now, first of all I surely can reply to that! I’ faith, there isn't much to tell, ve it became her wondrous well. a say, the hat— ye color? Oh, a pinkish-pink, ‘To match her dimpled cheeks, I think What else? In truth, L didn’t note ! I reached the ribbon at her throat— But as I slyly gazed, you see, She turned her head and smiled at me! She smiled. you see—as said before, And I forgot to notice mori Edwin L, Sabin, Her Easter Hat. [SING Myntiia's Easter bat; - And, not to be sa y much it cost, 1 ¢ hat matters not a whit to my ong as it is comme il fart,— e's climax and ¢ Of ribbons wrought, aud woven wire, And with an ostrich feather in ;— What more could any girl desire » celebrate the weather in! It is a captivating crown,— A queen, Sensation when she greets the At Easter on the Avenue! pu know, must have a new watching as Myrtilla goes In ail her vernal roy My heart remembers what it owes ‘And pledges love and loyalty : A bonnet’s apotheosis ! And if I sing its wonder it Is just because I'd like to kiss ‘The rosy face that’s under it! Feliz Carmen, comicbooks.com