Life, 1900-10-11 · page 7 of 22
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# "If Sir Walter Raleigh Should Come Back to Earth" This satirical cartoon depicts a crowded urban street dominated by commercial advertising for tobacco and cigars—signs reading "CHEW TOBACCO," "SMOKE THE CIGAR," and "FUNERAL CIGARS" are prominently displayed. The caption references Sir Walter Raleigh, the Elizabethan explorer credited with introducing tobacco to England from the New World. The satire suggests that if Raleigh could witness modern America, he would see his accidental legacy transformed into aggressive commercialism and mass consumption culture, with tobacco advertising utterly saturating public spaces. The cartoon critiques both American consumerism and the pervasive influence of tobacco marketing on urban life, using historical irony to highlight how a colonial curiosity became an omnipresent commercial force.
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For Divers Americans. 'NDER the title of ‘‘The Filipino Martyrs,” Mr. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, an impartial and ob- serving Englishman, presents some interesting evidence. He says in his preface: I do not dedicate this work to the Government of the United States, but to the citizens of America in the North, the South, the East, and the West, who are known among nations and among men to be loyal to thelr creeds, both political and commercial, and to respect the rights and privileges of their fellow-creatures, no matter what the color of thelr skin may-be, or ‘whether they be tn peace or In times of war. It ts time the people, and not the Government, took In hand this question, and tnsisted upon the publication of all letters and cables sent to the Philippines, and the replies received a! Was! ington—then, and then only, will they be the true arbitrators of @ cause which threatens to obliterate some of the most tilustrious pages in Amer.can history, However, in reading these pages one cannot fail to discover a strong sym- pathy and liking for America and Americans, all of which renders pas- - LIFE = sages like the following all the more emphatic: The course of action taken by the United States Goverument was criminal, if only for tts stupidity. ‘The so-called insurgents, as has been shown, were anxious and willing to disarm, They merely desired, and properly so, some recognl- ton and explanation as to the future policy of the American Government, some grateful courtesy at the hands of those whom they bad assisted tn conquering the enemy; and they had justly earned some consideration other than Insults and the groesest ingratitude. This was the general opinton of ai! persons In Manila, including the American soldiers and the American ofMicers, who repeatedly told me that they were unable to understand the Government policy, or what was the course of action to be pursued. Of course every American knows that soldiers of other countries are often a rough lot, but that our own soldiers are, under all conditions, refined and courteous gentlemen. Keeping this well in mind, the following e tract from the Hong Kong Daily Press is of interest. It sheds even a new lustre on the glory of war: 287 “The Americans have committed many atroct- tlesin Manila, They set fire to the tamlet of Paco, shooting women and children fleciug from their homes" (confirmed by European realdents in Paco, who were eye-witnesses), “burnt Santa Ana, and are looting and robbing houses to Manila and the suburbs, and the places they have succeeded in taking. Fora few days they allowed familles to leave Manlia, but they robbed ‘And despotied all who left, making even women enude themselves. One of the latter, who re- sisted being denuded, boxed a soldier's ears who hud dared to lay bis bands on her. She was shot on the spot. * But worst of all, perhaps, is that the despised Filipino should turn about and despise the Benevolent Assimilator. We know the Anglo-Saxon is fond of whiskey, but, then—we all have our little faults. Speaking to one of the aldes-de-camp of Agninaldo, he sald something almost simil ‘We have been led by America und,he: represen atives to belleve that we should have our free- dom. If America has changed her mind or ber policy, and desires to seize our country, well, ahe can have tt; bot not till she bas killed every man of our people—we love ilfe, but without freedom we prefer death. ‘The Americans call us niggers IF SIR WALTER RALEIGH SHOULD COME BACK TO EARTH