Life, 1901-09-05 · page 15 of 20
Life — September 5, 1901 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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The main content is a scathing poem by Joseph Smith attacking **Lord Kitchener**, the British military commander, using mock-heroic language. The satire equates Kitchener's military victories with atrocities: his campaign in Sudan (Omdurman, Khartoum) is compared to the Spanish general Weyler's "reconcentrado camps" (concentration camps in Cuba) and biblical mass killers (Herod, the Duke of Alva). The poem sarcastically "praises" him while actually condemning the bloodshed and suffering caused by his campaigns, particularly among civilians and children. The accompanying dark photograph appears to show a military or colonial scene, reinforcing the critique. Below are three unrelated humor pieces: a domestic courtship joke, a logic puzzle about flies, and a Jewish holiday joke. These are typical magazine filler content rather than political commentary.
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195 Kitchener. H AIL, conqueror of babies, Thou Kitchener of a King! Hail. victor of Omdurman! Thy triumphs empires sing. Far in the Soudan Desert, Stark sepulchre of throues, Thy fame's writ red in the blood of the dead, Writ white in Arab bones, Hail, Weyler Africanus ! Fame's red and ghastly lamps Ilume thy laureled glory In reconcentrado camps. The agonies of childhood Awid gaunt Hunger's gloom, Attest your fame and Eng- land's shame, Brave Kitchener of Khar- toum ! Hail, maker of Golgothas, Chieftain no woe may melt ! Hail, peer of blood-stained Alva! Hail, Herod of the Veldt! Glory and laurels fade ; They wither in the tomb ; But quiet reigns and blood still stains, O Kitchener of Khartoum ! Joseph smith, “PAPA HAS PORBIDDEN YOU TO COME TO THE HOUSE. NE SAYS YOU ARE A DANOEROUS NAN.” “paxornocs! WHAT CAN un MEAN?" “WE SAYS YOU ARE THE KIND OF A MAN WHO WILL HANG AROUND A GIRL ALI, HER LIFE AND NEVER MARRY WER.” The Right Conditions. Correct. . . + rP.EACHER : What are the two principal I RIGGS: They say that if flies were events of the Jewish year? left alone—that is, if all those that Brigut New York Boy: The Feast of are born were allowed to live—there would the Passover, and the opening of the be nothing else but flies. dramatic season. a Griacos: That is, supposing the earth — 1 4 everncr were nothing in the solar system but a big (THE woman who holds herself cheap will . THAT, APTRR ALL, railroad restaurant. never make herself dear. r TOU ARE ONLY 4 SUMMER PRoo. comicbooks.com