[So in Love it Hurts]

Dublin Core

Title

[So in Love it Hurts]

Creator

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934

Date

1907-01-08

Source

New York Evening Telegram

Publisher

New York Herald Co.

Description

Encounters a woman who is in pain from being in love.

Contributor

Kirsten A. McKinney
New York State Library

Language

English

Type

comic strip

Coverage

1900s(1905-1909)

Still Image Item Type Metadata

ImageNo.

84

Series Title

A Pilgrim's Progress By Mister Bunion

PublicationDate

1907-01-08

Publication

New York Evening Telegram

Transcription

[out of panel] Oh! Oh! Oh! My heart! Is breaking! My heart is on fire! Oh! Mercy!
Mr. Bunion: Gracious! Can't a man sit a while without being disturbed by some confounded wail? Oh, eh, its a woman. Well! I'll have to, ah--
/
Woman: Oh! Why must I suffer so. Why must I fairly wallow in anguish? Oh! Save me!
Mr. Bunion: Why, Ah! Madame. What is the trouble?
/
Woman: I'm in love! Were you ever in love? Tell me! Were you ever in love. Tell me!
Mr. Bunion: Well, I am a married man, madame!
/
Woman: Married! Oh! To think of it! Oh! I couldn't marry! No! No! I will not! I never could marry! I only could love I love to love! I love to love!
Mr. Bunion: Why do you what do you whom do you love so passionately?
/
Woman: I am naturally an affectionate being! I love with such a passion that I dare not choose one single thing! I should never marry! No! No! My love is beyond earthly bounds. It is a love above all and beyond--
Mr. Bunion: Have you a husky young friend who-ah-
/
Women: How dare you? You do not look like a man who would trifle with the affections of a woman of my temperament! I only love! I know not who, I know not why, I only know that I love!
Mr. Bunion: I wish I knew. You ought to be matched! Its a shame!
/
Woman: You are a cruel hard hearted brute! You do not, you never have loved. You are not human!
Mr. Bunion: Did you ever hate? I hate. I hate everything.
/
Woman: This world is full of love. But it is so cruel! It will not! It does not love. I am dying slowly of love.
Mr. Bunion: Great Scott! Give me this old valise! I am glad it is my only burden!

Original Format

newspaper comic strip

Physical Dimensions

11.8" X 8.5"

NYSL Microfilm Citation

NY 01 New York 93-31968, DEC 1906 -FEB 15 1907 Reel 104

Reprinted

Winsor McCay, "A Pilgrim's Progress," Winsor McCay Early Works III, ed. Mark Thompson (West Carrollton, OH: Checker Book Publishing Group, 2004), pg.155

Tags

marriage
burden

Files

84-1907-1-8.jpg

Citation

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934, “[So in Love it Hurts],” Pilgrim's Progress, accessed March 24, 2023, https://pilgrims-progress.richmond.edu/items/show/84.