Life, 1905-06-08 · page 7 of 26
Life — June 8, 1905 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple short humor pieces and cartoons typical of Life magazine's satirical content. The main illustration depicts a man being thrown from a horse while holding a woman, with onlookers below—likely satirizing a specific political or social scandal, though the exact reference is unclear without additional context. The written sections include: - **"Our Boys"**: A dialogue about a boy named Leonard and his friendship with Teddy - **"A Loser"**: A brief exchange between partners about horse racing - **"Encouragement"**: A comic exchange about being "foolish" - **"Ashes"**: A letter criticizing a fictional character named Lady Kitty from English fiction The page represents Life's mix of visual and textual humor targeting contemporary figures, relationships, and social pretensions of early 1900s American society.
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‘LIFE: OUR BOYS. Lronarp. Leonard is a frend of Teddy, or perhaps ERE is young Leonard. we should say that Teddy is a friend ard. Teddy is bigger and ard, and tha tis why nd. > take Leonard's part, when Leons rd comes to a hard pla to help him over. Is this not manly and gene Le ful to him for it ? ous in Teddy, and don thir rd ought to be very grate: There n be no doubt that Leonard tful boy and has lovely ma ners, But there me who declare that he does not live upto them, though A Loser. ENIOR PARTNER: We have the bookkeeper’s books ex- ined, I saw him at the race-track yesterday! Junior Partner : Indeed ! and he was betting on the ad best am same horse I was !"" this 1s only hearsay and should not be held up against him, Leonard is very fond of games, and above all others likes the game of Pro- motion, He is pretty for he has played it a long time, He and Teddy pla y good at it, too, and knows how, ners at it, and Leonard says th hadn't been for this he couldn't won half so many times. ad for Leonard's he has such a good friend in Tedd) Because if he hadn't, perhaps he would be lonesome. And no one wants to be too lonesome, especially when they live Aren't you g in Washington, Encouragement. LAYE: I'm a mum-mum man who nun-nun never says dud-dud die, dud-dud don't you know ? Mrs. Goove: Well, never mind, you certainly try hard enough to do so! ‘O. be wise is the privilege of those who know when to be foolish. 675 Enough. HAT are the critics growling for?” Said Haines upon-parade “They re growling at neglect of us," The tired dray-horse said, t more can they expect from me ?"* Said Haincs-upon parade. To give the cats and dog The mongre WwW puppy said, PP) Overheard. **—— And finally she married him, and she was twenty-twe sixty-four.”’ “Have any children?" sever turned ¢ to be Ashes. New Vork, May asth, 1905 EAR L On the s ment that Lady Kitt ath of your state: in Mrs, Ward's + Marriage of William Ashe,” is"? the most noteworthy heroine of Enghsh fiction since Recky Sharp,” I bow and read the book. To my e heroine is an erotic neurotic who ought to have had her neck wrung, Ws genius her creator declares her, she ce y the 1 or been confined in a sanatorium, is the and docs nothing to just label, ness and ¢ synonymous. She is sult cruel, and about Never tell me that English h teresting as an electeifi taskmasters! Ashe was ob: ad by she by the devil, Why consume time to read such a book, when all you have left is—The Ashes ? WDE “SHALL 1 WRAR MY HAT TO THE BACKOFENCE CONCERT TC HT 2” “1 GUESS NOT—THE WEATHER REPORT SAYS SQUALLS MAY BE EXPECTED.” comicbooks.com