Life, 1905-08-24 · page 11 of 24
Life — August 24, 1905 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The cartoon depicts well-dressed men (wearing top hats) entering what appears to be the "Goodfello Philanthropic Agency." The caption reads: "What is this new scheme of Goodfello's that is attracting so many millionaires? He guarantees to find institutions that will accept their gifts of tainted money, and only charge per cent." **The satire:** This mocks wealthy industrialists seeking to launder questionable fortunes through charitable donations. "Goodfello" appears to be a fictional intermediary offering to help rich men donate "tainted money" (ill-gotten gains) to institutions, legitimizing their wealth through philanthropy. The joke critiques both corrupt millionaires and charities willing to accept morally questionable donations, suggesting respectability could be purchased.
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igen SOMETHING NEW. “WHAT IS THIS NEW SCHEME OP GOODFELLO'S THAT IS ATTRACTING SO MANY MILLIONAIRES 2"? “Mi GUARANTEES TO VIND INSTITUTIONS THAT WILL ACCEPT THEIR GIFTS OF TAINTED MONEY, AND ONLY CHARGES ONE PER CENT." Easy Compositions. How I Escaped. By Paut Morton. AM a smart little boy who used to live out West and ride back and forth on the cars. And once there was a strike and I helped so much to make it stop and I got promoted. I used to have splendid times then, and played a game called Rebate a real lot, but by and by when my friend Teddy sent for me to come on to Washington and live with him, he told me never to play it again and I didn’t, only two bad men, named Harmon and Judson, heard about it, and they were so mad they tried to have me arrested. Wasn't that mean? But they didn’t because Teddy wouldn't let them. So I went to New York to live, and after a while I heard about a regular gang of robbers that had been robbing a lot of poor people, and a boy named Ryan who lives in Wall Street asked me to help him stop them. Ryan is a real nice boy, and I guess he and I will get along together. At any rate we shall play being good for a while, because another boy named Grover is watching us and they say he would jump on us pretty hard if we had too much fun. I like New York because I hate to be too far away from Teddy. But never mind, for while there’s Life Insurance there’s always Hope. One and the Same. Picken: The deferred payment system of insurance should be prohibited by law. Jumpuprz : I don’t see why. It seems to me to be worked on exactly the same principles as the plan of sal- vation. comicbooks.com