Life — May 24, 1906 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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638 ) Fr AVITE, PT Lire Pentisiixc Company Dear Lile: Vout pnibal joke is not yet extinct, a long deferred duty by infor the lean man, not the Jat one, who highly prized by the cannibal gourmet On a cruise through the South Seas in 1899-1900 havit Mr. Alexander ur went to F old capital, sent capital s the son having no is reputed ca number of us visited th about 60 miles feom Suva, the p port, The King, Ratu Ape who was fan € very day myself we d him on the subject id be remarked that the ¢ six feet ed and twenty-seven pounds ce the king said that he had often eaten human flesh and that it was very good like pork, only more delicate, a ’ T then inquired if it were truc that a fat missionary -LIFE- better than a thin reminiscently, showin “The C: The king smikd eye-teeth, and said tle too stout; but you, Mr. — glint coming to his eye, “you would be fin Very U.S.S. Baltimore March 5. 1966 The above may appear > be funny now, but you that there was no joke abe urrounded by natives about fifty miles from our ship. LAGSTAFF Lue Pen Gen below th on 12, No.1 y conveys the id ARIZ. nine Coseraxy the cover of mistakal . of the Roman Catholic Churc hat prominent prela less than hypocrites o the divorce questic explanatory matter in question certainly conveys the idea that, while the Catholic Church preaches the of no divorce, nevertheless, in the case of Americ 's may always be found whereby they may be released from their m If Lire: has knowledge that prelates of the Roman Catholic Church have, in particular instances. re doctrine eminent. persor such a Princesses al vows. WHY THEY MARRIED stances, it would be perfectly justified; but in the absence of specific instances of such subterfuges, and I do not hesitate to say that Lire cannot produce such insta ‘atholic T must. protest against the injustice 1 it very mildly, of the explanatory matter a of this cartoo: Cartooning certainly t to dissemi nate untruth and positive slander, as is done in this case, than any other form of art or literature. I have no doubt that the author of this matter had no in: tention of slandering any one,but simply through ignorance, which is its only pallia tion; but, even ignorance does not relieve the managers of Lure from doing what any gentleman 1 do when he has injured others, even though unwittingly. I do not think it is too much to ask that the managers of Lire should offer apologies for this insulting matter, or produce the instances wherein prelates of the Roman Catholic Church resorted to the infamous methods implied in the legend at the foot of this cartoon, Yours very truly, J. Riordan the foc as no more at it was written, have April 12, 1906. If the editor of a periodical of Lirr’s character should once begin to apolo- gize for those things which were obviou not intended to be taken seriously his working hours would be very much lengthened. TIL, REASON THIS CHAP IX THE BOX HERE YOU NEVER CAN Gt ¥ SHE MARRIED THIS MANE THERE'S NO USE THE MATTER TO MINCE, SHE MARRIED HIM MERELY BECAUSE ME HAD HAIR LIKE HER LOST POMERANIAN "PaINCE.” MADE MIS LADY FRIEND MRS. VAN PELE WE MAD A WHOLE CAR-LOAD OF DIAMONDS AND HE COULDN'T WELL WEAR THEM HISSELP! comicbooks.com