Life — May 8, 1902 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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FELe: Piatocrats and shoddyerats! Hot toiling millionaires ! Ho! all ye social parasites! bulls and bears ! And ye grown fat on kerosene, on copper, and steel, And ye whose bulging pockets mark the corner and the deal,— Go forth on seas tempestuous! England sail. The Anglo-Saxon waits you, the Cymri, Se and Gael Their outstretched palms are itehin their pulse like hammers pound,— They need you in their business, when ‘ngland’s King is crowned. Ho! kith of To merrie From Maine ifornia they're troop- ing o'er the main, The daughters of the newly-rich, pushful sons of gain ; ike homing birds they're flocking back across the sounding sea, Where British hearts beat fond and true for our Plutocr iv. the “The King 1s but @ stalking horse to catch the millionaire. - LIFE- When England’s King Is Crowned. “To merrie England sali,” They love their gilded kith and kin; they line the white cliffs stark, To hail their long-lost brothers who bear the dollar mark. “To hall their long-lost brothers who bear the dollar mark.” Princes and peasants, Christians, Jews, and nobles ermine-gowned, Give the glad hand to ready cash when England's King is crowned. Who cares for hand qi erings when England's King is crowned The noblest man is he who pays ten dollars on the pound ; For trade is dull, and glory scarce, and ready money rare ; The King is but a stalking horse to catch the millionaire. Hark! ‘The dear mother country calls. ‘Those hands across the sea Reach for the transatlantic fob, well-lined with £8. D. © Parvenu, her love for you is touching, — aye, profound; ‘not averse to cut your purse when England's King is crowned, © rarest flower we have raised! O dear Plutocracy ! Old England loves to see you come with cash and pregnant knee. There ev'ry happy home to-day makes hos- pitable din, The servants’ hall is open wide that you may enter in. There sat your fathers long ago among their servile peers. Now, es, grooms and chambermaids, with wages in arrears, your return with ecstasy ; they love to have you round, When times are hard and cash is scarce and England's King is crowned, Joseph Smith, “The servants* hall ts open wide that you may enter tn." N R. W—is cashier of a bank, and his wife is president of one of the great woman's clubs. A friend went into the bank one morning and said to him: “Shall I find Mrs. W—at home this afternoon?" “Thaven't the least idea,” said Mr. W—. ‘When I want to see my wife now, I have to make an appoint- ment with her.” comicbooks.com