Life, 1913-08-07 · page 14 of 40
Life — August 7, 1913 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct satirical cartoons: **Top cartoon ("First Aid on the Jungfrau"):** Depicts a car accident in snowy Alpine mountains. The humor appears to satirize wealthy tourists and their casual attitudes toward emergencies in foreign settings. **Bottom cartoon ("No More Dust on the Bunniclippe Road"):** Shows well-dressed rabbits indoors, with one exclaiming about children ruining a hall carpet. This is visual satire—using anthropomorphic animals to mock upper-class anxieties about maintaining pristine homes and their dismissive attitude toward common people ("dust"). The page also includes a brief dialogue between characters "Schuyler" and "Van Puyster" discussing education's "three R's" (reading, writing, arithmetic), representing genteel, old-money perspectives. The overall theme mocks 1920s-era aristocratic preoccupations with propriety and status.
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226 glanced at her picture on the wall. The shrill cry of a drosky mingled with the moan of the serf Then all was silence. He was waiting. “Tam hungry, yes, I am hungry, Think of me, I who have waited twenty years—I am hungry. She does not come and I am hungry.” Ivan Pecanostrich straightened up and looked around. He heard a distant door slam. . Alexandra Nickankaneroffzz entered. Her eyes told him nothing. Ivan Pecanostrich said, “ Well, you have returned at last. Tell me if you have good news.” Alexandra Nickankaneroffzz answer- ed, “I have done your bidding.” “You told them that I have waited for twenty years?” w Yes. “At the best cafés?” “Yes.” “ And—?" Alexandra Nickankaneroffzz spoke. “They need one more waiter. You are to begin work to-morrow. You will receive two sous a day and half the tips.” Walter Vogdes. , a F i Uff “lity sumrencensor. FIRST AID ON THE JUNGFRAU CHUYLER: What constitutes “ the three R's” in the education of a débutante? Van Puyster: Well, I should say raiment, ragtime and repartee. “THAT lady from Kentucky seems quite sad.” “Yes. Her husband is away. She's a grass widow.” “You mean a blue grass widow.” NO MORE DUST ON THE BUNNIECLIFFE ROAD “WHY, CHILDREN! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? THE HALL CARPET IS RUINED!” comicbooks.com