Life — July 26, 1900 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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Golf. . WHANG—a whirring thro’ the air— Two hundred yards to walk. Another whang—an hour's search Made warm with low-breathed talk. A triplication of the whang The walk and talk the same— The green—a pr And that's t se at eroquet— golfing game. The Ex-Enthusiast, Tie main ienucof the present Presidential campaign ia Imperiat- ism. It is the policy of expansion against comfortable isolation. The future of this country would be widely divergent under either of these treo poticics, What will be the future condition of the United States of America in its governmental, social, political, domestic, artistic, literary, sporting, religious or other aspects, as a result of the election of either Republican or Democratic candidate ? Lire will give A Prize of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in Gold to tho best reply to this question from either point of view, seventy-five dollars in gold to the second best, and twenty-five dollars in gold to the third best. Conditions. ‘The competition 1s open to subscribers of Live only. All new subscribers will be Included Competitors must limit thelr arguments to four hundred words each. The manuseripts should, where possible, be typewriiten on one side only of the paper. winning argument will be printed, together with such others as may seer to Live worthy of that honor, Names and addresses of the writers should accompany all manuscripts, In no case will these be printed without the permission of the sender, Those who desire thelr manuscripts returned should enclose a stamped And addressed return envelope. Otherwise all unavallable manuscripts will be destroyed. Each manuscript Tay bear a pseudonym, which will be printed with the argument. : ‘The Editors of Live are to he the sole Judges of the merits of the arguments, As® gulde to competitors, however, It may be stated that the arguments will be Judged by three standards, In the following order : 1. Humor. 2 Originality, 3. Literary Merit. ‘The date on which the contest will close wiil be announced Inter. Out of the Question. JACKSON : Why don't you get: some of your friends to help you out? Jumpurre: Because I am so poor I can't afford to accept favors. The people who confer them expect too much in return, The Return of the Prodigal. GEVENTEEN years ago, in one of the first issues of LirE, we published this conversation, with a drawing to illustrate it : A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. Uncle Jack ; Wt 1s very good lemonade, T am sure ; but tell me, Bonnie, why do you sell yours for three cents ® glass, when Charley gets five for bist Mus Ronnie; Well, you musn’t tell anybody, Uncle Jack, but the puppy fell in mine, and I thougnt It ought to be cheaper. It was the record of an actual occurrence, given us by a friend, the gentleman who asked the little girl the question. Now, the seventeen years having elapsed, we open the last copy of Moonshine that comes to us from London, dated Tune 23, 1900, and we see this picture, with its accompany- ing text: A NICE DISTINCTION, “What's the difference between your halfpenny and penny lemonade, little boy ?"* “Well, mum, the dawg fell In this yere one 1"* Our early friend has traveled. Where, through what countries and in what languages, wo shall never know. But his reincarnation is in English, the language of his birth. How many times has he been around the earth? How many times has he been illustrated? _ And how many times has he been paid for as original? He is good: he deserves attention, and, presumably, he will never dic. This time he happens to be clothed in humbler garments, but that is no disgrace. We reproduce him and we make these remarks, not from malice, nor from pride, as Moonshine is ubove reproach and probably paid honest money for the joke. We cast no stone, for more than once we have paid honest money for experienced jokes of far greater antiquity. comicbooks.com