Life — September 11, 1902 — page 15: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Cupid; sev were! You ARREST ME POR NOT WEARING A BATHING SUIT AND ULL “QUEER" YOU WITH EVERY SERVANT GIRL ON THE BEACH. Harold and His Pa. “ PDAPA, you didn’t know I had been down to Wall Street, did you?” “Why, no. go with? “With Uncle Jake. And you have no idea how much I learned. Uncle Jake told me all about it.” “Did he? Well, what did you learn? What is a trust, for instance?" “A trust is a hold-up the many by the Whom did you What is a merger?” A merger is where you change water into rocks.” “My boy, your Uncle Jake has been giving you some valuable information. Now, what is a corner?” “4 corner is holding on to some- thing that belongs to your neighbor long enough to make him pay about four times what it is worth.” “‘And what is a deal?”’ “A deal is doing others according to law. ‘What is the difference between a trust and a syndicate?" “Generally speaking, if you ere a syndicate you rob only in one State, but if a trust you rob everywhere.” “« What is prosperity?” “Te's a time when the necessaries of life are all going up, and salaries are standing very still.”” “ What is a ticker ?"’ “An instrament to torture lambs with.” ‘And where is Wall Street located?” “ Oh, it’s a half-way station between the Statue of Liberty and the House of Representatives. Papa,am I a bright boy?” “ Phenomenaily so, my son.” Recourse. I N this quandary, the highwayman bethonght himself to consult a lawyer. “Good sir,” said he, “on the one hand, my conscience will not permit me longer to do that which is unlaw- ful ; while on the other, it is not prac- ticable for a man at my age to change his employment.”* “ Incorporate under the laws of New Jersey,” quoth the lawyer, readily enough, for it chanced that he was learned in the law. comicbooks.com