Life, 1908-10-15 · page 7 of 28
Life — October 15, 1908 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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**Top Illustration:** A satirical drawing depicting various animals and caricatured figures in what appears to be a hunting or gathering scene, captioned "Plenty of Good Game Left for Either Bill." The "Bill" reference likely alludes to political figures of the era, though the specific identity is unclear without additional context. **Text Content:** The page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"Color Song for Brown October"** — Poetry about autumn imagery 2. **"The Blatant Rich"** — Social commentary criticizing wealthy people's arrogance and presumptuous behavior toward servants and the working class 3. **"As a Special Compliment"** — A cartoon dialogue about a doctor and parents regarding school attendance, appearing to mock pretentious or foolish parental behavior The overall theme satirizes social class divisions and the self-important attitudes of the wealthy.
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Color Song for Brown October REATHS of smoke for brown Octo- ber; Purple grapes and turning leaf, Hazy meadows, long gray shadows, Golden’ grain piled sheaf on sheaf. Wreaths of smoke for brown October; Crackling boughs and crumpling vine, Songs of rustling leaf blown breezes Tossed from golden birch to pine. Wreaths of smoke for brown October; Fields of stubble, song birds fled, ature’s mourning, mystic reverence For a golden summer dead, Francis Taylor Stevens. Points for the People OW TO MAKE A MILLION: Get control of something the people must have and then charge all the traf- fic will bear for the use of it. How To MAKE A Mtittionaine: Give control of something the people must have and then pay all that can be squeezed out of you for the use cf it. The Blatant Rich HE “ arrogance of wealth "’ is a term recently invented to explain the at- titude of certain of our home bred mil- lionaires. An instance of it is where a party of the highly rich, in a restaurant, will insist upon getting all of the atten- tion, to the discomfiture of the ordinary mortal, Their ability to give large tips 8, of course, an incentive for servants to give them exclusive attentions. The re- sult of this is that wherever our very rich people go they are pretty likely to excite irritation. In this same spirit the wealthy owners of many automobiles show a distressing disregard for the rights of others, and as they are enabled to carry ample insurance they seem to be above the law. This is worse than ordinary bad man- ners. It proceeds from people who know better, but who are so used to having their own way that they come to insist upon it with a sort of foolish pride. In revolutions—which sometimes occur— these folks are the first to suffer. And, renerally speaking, they pay an excessive price for their foiiy. As a Special Compliment IMMIE: My ma’s gone down-town to Pay some bills. Tomar: Pooh! The man comes to the house to collect ours! USUALLY RICHT The Doctor: Now THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SCHOOL, JOMNNY, PERHAPS YOU CAN TELL ME MAPPENS WHEN AN IRRESISTIBLZ FORCE STRIKES AN IMMOVABLE OBJ FCT. * PEOPLE SEND FoR YoU, DOCTOR.” comicbooks.com