Life — December 14, 1905 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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746 Poverty: The Newer Wealth. cate of the value of Ps - Daily ap HE Laird is in love with the pauper’s lot ; He deems it as fine as can be. The bare garret lodging and hard wood cot Are better than luxury. The dry crust of bread and the coffee cold, The tattered and torn old ¢ Are better by far than the stores « That he in his suit-case totes. Far better than gilded sofa and chair Is the storm-swept wooden seat ‘That stands in the Parks, where Poverty's heir And toil i To walk ‘To go without fire, to go without meat, Frost-bitten from forehead to tor are the th n their ly they'd swap off their troubles and cares To go back to Poverty’s Cup | And so I would say to the famished and worn, The hopeless, down-trodden, and sore, Brace up and forget your condition forlorn : Hope's kr at last at your door. For Poverty’s now a desirable thing, Not a creature of ashes and dust, If only to market your assets you bring In the form of a Poverty Trust, John Kendrick Bangs Mr. Haines Has No Such Consid- eration. DE LIFE ~ Won't you print this cut once more? It is a composite pic- ture of many poor old slaves which I have reported to the S. P. C. A., and only to receive a printed form setting forth the vigilant inspec- tion, and the verdict, ‘(fit for work.” Possibly the great and good Mr. Haines will favor us with a picture of a horse which he considers to be wrfit for work, Yours, ete., New York. Al. HH. Overman. Devil’s Scripture. HE ways of the wicked are wonder- ful; slick also are they, even greased; They ride the chutes in a vain show. *LIFE- And the respectable citizen cometh from the East ; from Danbury and the hill country beyond Harlem ; And he standeth afar and stareth, saying Lo! now behold, they tumble ! But they ride the chutes in safet n merrily loop the loop, and no hurt cometh nigh unto them. They go into politics and acquire majorities, and to the legislature and to Congress and acquire experience. And experience worketh pa’ and patience hope, and hope maketh them not ashamed to work their place for all it is worth. They work the trusts likewise. Then saith the respectable citizen: Go to, now will I also get me some of these green bay trees ; And he pa out money that he hath earned by grubbing ; and saith : I cannot tell who shall gather i But the wicked gather it; aye, even the heeler and the publican. nd when eventide cometh and the returns are in, lo! the other man is elected. A Definition. CHRISTIAN is a man who feels. Repentance on a Sunday For what he has done on Saturday, And is going to do on Monday. To Encourage Valor. HE Canadian Camp of New York feeds on rare animals and hi been eating spiral eared polar mice. Its members hold that “the only justifi tion a hunter may have for hunting is that he eats the game he kills." This sentiment is capable of extended appli- cation, For example, war can be justi- aN fied as a means of food supply by JK ‘ savage tribes who frugally eat their tremendous waste of civilized nations % that spend hundreds of dollars on rais- ing a boy, and when he reaches the age when he is useful send him to be ~> killed, a after the battle bury his body, and at great cost transport other provisions for the army. . What an in- centive to valor if every soldier knew his food was before him, and slaughtered enemies. Think of the ( ~~ \ * He who fought and ran awa: oF got Nor was a meal that d comicbooks.com