Life, 1904-08-11 · page 15 of 20
Life — August 11, 1904 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"The Angry Wave"** (top): A sketch showing a couple by the seaside, captioned as "a protest from his predecessors." The meaning is unclear without additional context. **"The Power of Silence"** (left): A poem mocking taciturnity, suggesting that powerful men stay silent and appear wise, when they might actually be foolish. The accompanying portrait shows a man with his face hidden/covered. **"At the Art Exhibition"** (center): Two art judges discussing a prolific painter named Daubleigh. The joke is the second judge's dismissive response—"By the quart"—implying Daubleigh produces art in bulk/poor quality, like cheap liquor sold by quantity rather than quality. **"Gas Bill" dialogue** (right): A domestic comedy where a wife asks about the gas bill, and the husband replies it only arrived yesterday—a mild joke about delayed bills or male absentmindedness. **"Three Men of the World"** (bottom): Three caricatured male faces, likely representing recognizable public figures of the era, though identification is unclear without additional context.
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THE ANGRY WAVE. A PROTEST FROM MIS PREDECRSSORS, The Power of Silence. At the Art Exhibition. “ LJOW much was the gas bill?” AYS of big men oft remind us FiRst JUDGE: Daubleigh is a “Why, the man only came to We might be as dumb as they ; And, departing, leave behind us Wise things that we didn't say. prolific painter, isn’t he? How ead the meter this morning.” would you estimate his work ? “True. But the bill came yester- SEcoND JupcE: By the quart. ee THREE MEN OF THE WORLD, comicbooks.com