Life, 1903-04-02 · page 9 of 36
Life — April 2, 1903 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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The main illustration, titled "Snapshots in Hades," depicts a satirical underworld scene. It shows what appears to be the devil or a demonic figure entertaining damned souls with dogs, while small human figures observe. The caption suggests this is a joke about Cerberus (the mythological three-headed dog guarding the underworld) being used for amusement rather than its traditional purpose of guarding Hell's gates. The page also contains book reviews, poetry ("A Plea" by Feliz Guzman), and an announcement about Life's "Worst Newspaper Contest" featuring The Boston Herald as winner. The cartoon's humor relies on classical mythology, presenting Hell as a place of recreational vice rather than pure torment—a commentary on human moral failings or frivolity.
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by Mrs. Green and Company. (Longmans, $1.60.) For some time English Poetry has been in rather a bad way, and there have even been those who despaired of the patient. One of the most encouraging bulletins we have had lately is a little volume called Captain Craig, from the pen of Edwin Arlington Robinson. The author is a bit inclined to the obscure, and in places he is deplorably harsh, but he is a poet, not a versifier, and he may go fur. (Houghton, Mifllin and Company. $1.00.) The Woman Who Toils, by Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst, is the record of some months* experiences by the authors as factor various States and cities, Whether they were inspired by altruistic purpose or merely in search of copy, their reports are interesting aud give at least « superficial notion of exis ditions. (Doubleday, Page and Company. $ 0.) hands g cons We tremble to note a volume upon How to Gesture, by Mr. Ort, president of a Chi- cago “School of Expression.” If to the methods of the New York school of actin is to be added the Ch pression, what will the harvest be? (Hinds and Noble. $1.10.) J.B, Kerfoot. xo school of ex- SNAPSHOTS IN HADES. Well-informed Sinner (to Newcomer): THAT'S OLD CERBERUS. SATAN TURNS HIM OCT OCcA~ SIONALLY TOR A LITTLE PUN WITM THfye MEN WHO KEPT VICIOUS DOGS ON HanTi AND ALLOWED THEM TO RUN OUT AT PASsERs-ny, A Plea. [DEAR GIRL, whose piereing glances are What ma to start, I wonder what the chances are For my enraptured heart That nothing docs but sing to As ‘twere a bird above, And ever comes to bring to you My love. All ardent and all amorous The joyous lyrics go, Like bees bewitched and ¢ When first the blossoms blow : I don’t think it improper to ¢ love as does the bee, I’ve the opportu- noroUs I know of no vendetta, for How could a poet hate His music, muse and metaphor, His fancy and his fate? I want your heart, and trust if T Have pierced the doubt that sere Desire, the end will justify The means. Feliz Curimen, Life's Worst Newspaper Contest. ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRIZE WINNER. *THE prize of fifty dollars has been awarded to Namber Eight, published tn Lire of Febr ary 26, the subject betug The Boston Mercid. This does not mean that The Boston Herald is really the worst newspaper in the United States, but merely that, in the opinion of the judges, the contribution, of which The Boston Jierald was the subject, was entitled to the prize according to the conditions, ENRAGED READER: Ihave come in to horsewhip the editor. Orrice Boy: You'll have to wait, sir; there are two others abead of you. comicbooks.com