Life, 1905-05-04 · page 22 of 48
Life — May 4, 1905 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page features two caricatured portraits (likely of public figures, though names aren't specified in the visible text) holding small animals—a lamb and a goat. **Left side:** Rudyard Kipling's poem nostalgically references "Mary's pet"—the famous lamb from the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb." The verse playfully laments forgetting this innocent figure. **Right side:** George Ade's satirical prose story mocks a woman named "Mamie" seeking entertainment. She discovers a "Woolly Lamb" performing at the Park Slope and becomes obsessed with it, salting its tail to keep it following her around "like a College Graduate At a Football Bee." The moral: "You can Search Me"—meaning the point is unclear or absurd. **The satire:** This appears to mock sentimental nostalgia (Kipling's earnest poem) against frivolous modern amusement-seeking. The juxtaposition suggests contemporary society's shallow pursuit of novelty versus cherished traditions. The specific individuals caricatured remain unclear from this image alone.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
By Georcr Ape. A certain Peacherine named Mamie became wise to the fact that The Willie boys were beginning to By Rupyarp Kirnine, " F re " Wear on Her, and that doing Time in the St. God of our fathers, known of old, Regis and Waldori, and on the Washington Lim- si ‘ ited, was all to the bad. So she put) on her Bring back the name of Mary's pet, . Ais A eau he Goggles and took a long look down the Alley for ho flourished in a season cold, ‘i re sess ee - . some New Form of Time Killer that Would Give Lest we forget, lest we forget. her Simple little life a run for its money. It hap- i . inicititil ‘ pened that a Woolly Lamb, like the Kind that His name was just plain little lamb, ay * a . PET ‘ Mother used to Shear, was doing the Koochy His flecce was white as snow—not jet— —— Koochy on the Park Slope, and Mame went out Here I insert an oath—(say “damn”). and put Enough Salt on his Tail to make him It is my style, lest you forget! long for Friendly Doings With Her. So after that He followed her Around like a College Graduate Ata Football Bee. Morar: You can Search Me. comicbooks.com