Life — December 31, 1908 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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748 Charge of the Tariff Brigade HE Tariff Brigade, consisting of the six hundred infant industries, was charging in the usual manner. There was Joe Cannon to the right of them, Joe Cannon to the left of them, and Joe Cannon in front of them, volley- ing and thundering. Onward they marched, in spite of An- drew Carnegie, and the fact that they were more or less stormed at with shot and shell. Boldly they rode, and consid- ering the fact that they really hadn't a leg to stand on, that all their arguments had been riddled, and that every one who pretended to know anything about it was laughing at them, they did it mighty well Occasionally a horse and a hero fell, but they didn’t mind a little thing like that. With money to burn, and a Repub- lican Congress, they were fully equipped to ride right into the mouth of Hell It only remains, therefor, to honor the charge they made, to honor the Light Tar- iff Brigade, and to state that they got all they wanted. Their’s was not to reason why, their's was but to do every body and play dead. They got there without the least trouble Here's, therefore, to the Light Tariff Brigade. Still with us, and not likely to be forgotten Absolutely Suitable NE Sunday paper gives a cake of soap with cach issue. A Suppressed Letter Lire is in receipt of the following communications, which are self-explanatory Dear Sirs :— I sent the original of this to the Sun on the 25th of November, and have seen no reply. Yours F. W. Case, Playgoer. New York, November 28th, 1908. Editor, New York Sun Six A few days ago I noticed in the editorial columns of your paper that you had instructed your attorneys to commence an action for libel against Lire for an article in it signed “ Metcalfe.” I thereupon pur- chased a copy of Lirr and read Metcalfe’s article. It seems to me and to many others that a differ- ent answer to Metcalfe’s article, in fact, a denial, of the implications contained in it, is due the casual readers of the Sun, and is p ly due those readers who like Mr. Eaton's reviews and miss them An instruction to bring suit means nothing unless that is followed by the bringing of the suit and a suc- cessful decision by the Court of last resort, for we all know that some attorneys will, on instructions and for pay, bring a suit for anything, against any one Even if such suit should be brought and successfully ended, it does not necessarily of itself conclude that the implications in Mr. Metcalfe’s article are untrue or improper. What many would like to know, is whether or not the advertisement referred to bore any connection at all with the resignation of Mr. Eaton or cessation of his articles. I particularly would like “to know,” for I have for many years had a certain faith in the Sun's motives and independence which I must con- fess is a little shaken by the uncertain, equivocal and valueless statement in your editorial columns. Pos- sibly that may have been succeeded by another which 1 did not see. Yours truly, PLAyGorR. Man of Note HO is that gentleman over yonder?" we ask of our friend. “ The man in the frock coat, wearing a silk at, and walking around as though the fate of the nation were in his hands."* “Why, that's the Honorable Jimsby,’’ is the explanation. “ He's one of the greatest men in the country.” “ Jimsby? Never heard of him."* “Of course not. He's the only Republican politician who hasn't heen mentioned for a place in Taft's cabinet." Each Kiss a Dose * ILLICENT truly a considerate girl,"’ says the damsel with the extended psyche knot. “ What makes you think so? "’ asks the one with the shiny nose. ” Her fiance is troubled with dyspepsia, so she has had the druggist mix pepein with her face powder." PEAKING of the Hughes election, we didn’t suppose there were so many people in the State of New York who had never seen a horse race. comicbooks.com