Life — June 5, 1890 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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SOME PRIDE LEFT. Harry (coho és seriously affected by smoking): YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW SICK LAM, ARTHURSI Say, OLD MAN—IF HAPPEN—DON'T TELL "EM 'TWAS—ONLY A CIGARETTE—SAY I—drand MYSELF TO DEATH, WON'T YOU ? |, SHOULD My Dear Halstead : J 3, 1890. lam glad you have come to Brooklyn, Brooklyn is just your field. I wish you would stir up Greenwood. There have been a lot of good votes lost there which a man of your calibre might win back. Give my love to Tanner if you see him. Has Foraker’s monument been put up yet ? Fraternally, Seite % MAYor oF Cnicaco: JUNE 1, 1890. Dear Sir: Your inquiry about the Grant Monument is received. admit the monument is w in going up, but you can't expect anything in New York to go up as quickly nor so high as things similar do in Chicago. By the way, how high is the World's F: Faithfully, vi My Dear Mr. Grant: JUNE 1, 1890. I have six penniless nieces who want a rich god-’ather badly, and now that I think of it, T haven't one in good working order myself, May we count on you ? Ever yours, CARLYLE SwitH, S.—Don't forget the envelopes. Vo Wo masany “PRETTY WELL OFF.” comicbooks.com