Life — March 16, 1893 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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NUMBER 533. + AL, Merchtee Beer thes at Kicd hearted pile of egy looks and Tiyeats ~~ Acd'out cogil aft sarsng Apie vicets lle Hast LENT. | eget moming now the Lenten bells Make music in the steeple; The avenues are swelled with swells ‘The dear do-nothing people : Society—the rich and great,— Relaxing from its labors, Now gathers at the church's gate And thus it is that Lent goes past :— ‘The doubter goes on doubting ; The fast one has a chance to fast, And get a moral outing ; The good ones go the goodly way ; ‘The sinner keeps on sinning ; The preacher preaches twice a day And has his decent inning. Felix Carmen, And meets its modest neighbors. ‘The women who, a month ago Dressed somewhat over-tightly,— Whose pretty faces used to glow At balls and suppers nightly, — Now clad in very sombre stuff Go forth to prayers demurely, Upon their bodies clothes enough ‘To keep them warm securely. ‘The men who nothing did but dance At all the gay cotillions, For forty days now have a chance To balance up their millions ; And while the sweethearts and the wives Attend the service formal, ‘The men are heedless of their lives So long as stocks are normal. comicbooks.com