Life, 1903-04-02 · page 22 of 36
Life — April 2, 1903 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct satirical elements: **French History Cartoon (top):** The illustration depicts the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution, showing violence and chaos—likely representing aristocratic figures being attacked by revolutionaries. The caption references how republican military victories were "immediately followed by the Terror," critiquing the violent excesses of revolutionary fervor. **Street Sayings (left column):** A clever pun-based humor section using New York City street names (Wall Street, Pearl Street, Broad Street, etc.) to create moralistic proverbs. These play on the double meanings of street names and common sayings—for example, "Worth street makes the man" (playing on "money makes the man"), and "Give me Liberty street, or Death" (referencing Patrick Henry's famous quote). This satirizes both New York's commercial culture and pretentious moralizing. **Aesop Updated (right):** A modernized Fable of the Fox and Grapes where the fox justifies failure through pseudoscientific rationalization ("Watson" and "Methods"), likely mocking Sherlock Holmes-style deductive reasoning or contemporary pseudo-intellectual excuses for failure.
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FRENCH HISTORY, THF SUREENDER TO THE REPUBLICAN ARMS WAS DIMEDIATELY POLLOWED RY THE TERROR. Street Sayings. T' 'S a long Maiden Lane that has no turning. Many a poor devil has gone to the Wall street. It’s a cold day when some folks get left ; but it’s Bleecker for others. In Union Square there is strength, One good Forty-second street de- serves another. Let us have Gramercy Park before meat. Some people have a hard Park Row to hoe. Give me Liberty street, or Death ! Life may be one Grand street song. Worth street makes the man, and want of it the fellow. pry Murray Hill has a vale. sey street is not for everybody. The Dey strect is cast, But Broad street is the way that leadeth to destruction. Do not cast Pearl swine. Diddle, diddle dumpling, John street. All is not Gold street that glisters. Tom Masson. street before my son ‘* DP MeMerger inherit hismoney?” “Indirectly. He inherited the ability to get the best of others.”” #Esop Up To Date. Tur Fox axp The Grapes. A HUNGRY Fox saw some Tempt- ae ing Grapes hanging high up on an Arbor. He made many Attempts to Reach them, but all in Vain, Tired out by his Failures, he grum- bled to himself: ‘Nasty, sour Things, I know you are ; not at all Fit for Eating.” A Friend who was Passing said Tauntingly : “ How do you Know the Grapes are Sour?" “Watson,” replied the Fox, “you should know Enough of my Methods comicbooks.com