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# "Not Greedy" — Life Magazine, June 30, 1887 The cartoon depicts a romantic scene where a man (Mr. Hunter) sits with a woman (Miss Charlotte) who receives $70,000 yearly. The caption presents their exchange: she claims to have his love, he responds that "some one else has my love" but promises he'll "be content with the rest." The satire mocks wealthy marriages of convenience, where suitors pursue rich women while maintaining romantic interests elsewhere. The title "Not Greedy" is ironic—the man is portrayed as willing to accept a wealthy woman's money and companionship despite loving someone else, suggesting mercenary motivations masked by false modesty. This reflects Gilded Age anxieties about marriage, wealth, and male fortune-hunting among the upper classes.
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Votume IX. JUNE 30TH, NOT GREEDY. Miss Charlotte (who has $70,000 a year): REALLY, MR, HUNTER, SOME ONE ELSE HAS MY LOVE. Mr, H.: WELL, THAT OUGHT TO SATISFY HIM—I WILL BE CONTENT WITH THE REST. VENUS LAMENTS. 1 But past are days of golden joy, ‘There comes an age of base alloy, And now men turn with all avidity From gentle Cupid to cupidity. Francis Sterne Palmer. N the old Arcadian days, In times of love and lover's lays, When maidens were right quickly wooed And when the muse was not a prude ; _ _ . The age was gold and gold man’s creed, THE JOLLY SIDE OF: IT. But gold meant they true love, not greed. V E do not need any dynamiters to assist in celebrating For all the gold that glittered there . the Declaration anniversary. The assortment of Shone in a maiden’s yellow hair, singed eyebrows, scorched hands, shattered legs or arms, ‘And never'a'thicer there -wassuniess bursted cannon and burnt houses, which we cheerfully offer Some one treasured a maiden’s tress ; upon the altar of freedom, is obtained by the simpler and And so men lived and laughed and sung | more humane agency of fire-crackers, amateur artillerists and In the simple days when hearts were young. impartially distributed pyrotechnics. comicbooks.com