Life, 1903-08-27 · page 3 of 20
Life — August 27, 1903 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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The main illustration depicts three men on what appears to be a wrecked ship or vessel during rough seas, with a cross visible. The caption reads: "WHY ARE THESE SHIPWRECKED BRUTES SO MERRY? BECAUSE THEY HEAR, BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPH, THAT THEIR WIVES HAVE MARRIED AGAIN." This is a dark humor joke about shipwrecked sailors receiving news via wireless telegraph (a novel technology at the time) that their wives have remarried, which the cartoon suggests makes them happy. The satire likely mocks both marital unhappiness and the absurdity of receiving such personal news through new technology during a disaster. The page also contains society gossip and a literary review section below, typical of Life magazine's satirical content.
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WHY ARF THESE SUIPWRECKED BRU BECAUSE THEY ULAR, BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPUY, THAT THEIR WIVES WAVE MARRIED agals. Society. Sound. Mrs. Ample was a Wursi celebrated man, and their publication RS. BRA PUSH. Yuceliss. ‘The Yucelisses have always is a greater cruelty than the publica- ER took a drive last — been fashionable. tion of any letters in twenty years, the Monday. She wore — Fallern A. Goat has been ill. He _ price is certainly reasonable. clothes, and she may yas stricken on his own yacht, and It i: pet theory of the Gammon- doitagain, She isa remained stricken for several days. Guff Company that the people of aw of Mr. He likes it. moderate means are the people with the Burstyngside Boodle. Some of the Goats have money. finest literary taste. Accordingly, it Mr. Endliss Dollas sits in a chair . is their constant aim to offer books of when he eats his breakfast. The chair Literary. solid merit at low prices, reserving the sumptuous bindings and rich embel- volumes. w York. The lishments for the trashier works. Gammon-Gutl Company. $5.00.) is mahogany lined with gold. His private Letters af Bingley Hangs. (Two grandmother was a woman The Baddicks Amples have promised ; to spond a Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, If,as the publishers claim, these let» TOPE is the advance agent of John Bullion at Waterstock-on-the- — tersare the foolishest ever written by : life. comicbooks.com