Life — August 2, 1900 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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Leo: Wow DID You EVER GET THAT IDEA INTO YouR HEAD? Hippo : wt MUST MAVE ENTERED BY WAY OP MY MOUTH YoU KNOW VM ONLY VULNERABLE IN sPoTs, "he main issue of the present Presidential campaign is Imperial- ism. It i the policy of erpanston against comfortable isolation. The future of this country would be widely divergent under either of these tro * policies, What will be the future condition of the United States of America in its govern- mental, social, political, domestic, artistic, literary, sporting, religious or other aspects, as a result of the election of either Repub- lican or Democratic candidate ? Lire will give A Prize of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in Gold to the 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. All manuscripts should be addressed to the Editor of Live, 19 West 3ist Street, New York. ‘The Competition ts open to subscribers of Lirr only. All new subscribers will be included Competitors must mit thelr arguments to four hun- dred words each. The manuscripts should, where possible, be type- written on one alde only of the paper. ‘The winning argument will be printed, together with such others as may seem to Lips worthy of that honor, ‘Names and addresses of the writers should accompany -LIFE- Robinson Crusoe ; 1r WOULD JUST BE MY LUCK NOW To GET VistTons, 93 all manuscripts, In no case will these be printed without the permission of the sender, Those who desire their manuscripts returned should enclose a stamped and addressed return envelope. Otherwise all Unavailable manuscripts will be destroyed. Each manuscript may bear a pseudonym, which will be printed with the argument. ‘The Editors of Lire are to be the sole judges of the merits of the arguments. Asa guide to competitors, however, It may be stated that the arguments will be judged by three standards, in the following order: 1, Humor. 2, Originallty, 3. Literary Merit. the contest will close will be announced later. Prediction Number One. i William J. Bryan is elected President of the United States, the future— say the year 2025—will witness some interesting developments. There will be no Wall Street or stock exchanges. This in itself will be one of the greatest blessings conferred upon a suffering nation. Money will be so plentiful that no one will care any- thing about it. As a love of money is the root of all evil, it naturally follows that we shall be relieved of a great burden. There will then be no excuse for Tam- many Hall, Senators, lawyers, authors who write books to sell, office-holders, politicians and others. There will be no trusts, Every man will raise his own kerosene oil, shoes, brooms, rubber goods, locomotives, tobacco, whiskey and other necessities. This being the case, competition will be done away with, and, there being no competition, envy will not exist. There being no envy, no one will care what they wear, and protection from the elements will be all that is required. Broadway in hot weather then will be just the same as a night at the opera now, 80 far as the ladies are concerned. As it won’t make any difference what anyone does or says, no one will do or say anything that is not of any The date on which A WASH DAY.