Life, 1909-11-18 · page 3 of 36
Life — November 18, 1909 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertisements** interspersed with a poem titled "A Certain Rich Man" by William Allen White. The ads include: - **Chiclets gum** (top left) - **Pères Chartreux liqueur** (center) - **Jaeger sanitary goods** (left side) - **La Reoulma Panola cigars** (right) - **Mrs. S.A. Allen's Hair Color Restorer** (bottom right) The poem itself, not a cartoon, appears to be **satirical social commentary**. It tells of a wealthy Kansas businessman ("John Barclay") who accumulated wealth through questionable means—defrauding farmers, cornering wheat, mixing grain with clay. White's verse suggests that despite his materialism and exploitation, the man ultimately found no redemption, dying unmourned. The final attribution notes this critiques how "millionaires are rarely readers." **No political cartoons appear on this page.**
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-REALLY DELIGHTFUL JUST RIGHT AFTER DINNER git ryou os can‘s ‘t t buy Chictetein your nelgh- Try Them! If conts for a eamere 1 pocket, Any jobber wil constr ctossi cps rs with Chiclets FRANK HL. FLEER & COMPANY, Inc. Phitadetphia, Rhymed Reviews “A Certain Rich Man™ (By William Allen White. The Mac- millan Company.) EMEMBER William Allen White, Whose fame went wide as San- cho Panza’s When first he threw a lurid light On what was wrong with Bleeding Kansas? Well, now he’s writ a book to tell About a Kansas money-maker Who beat his State in raising Hell— His crop sure was a record-breaker. It seems because his sweetheart died— A simple maid in all her flower "— John Barclay hardened up inside And gave his soul for Wealth and Power; For, all to serve “the Larger Good” (A phrase which means “his own desires”), LIQUEUR Peres Cihartreux -GREEN AND YELLOW— FOR CENTURIES THE GRAND FINALE TO THE WORLD'S BEST DINNERS. At ararcines Wing Merehants.Grocers, Hoteln Cafés Batjer & ny, New Tor Jer Sole Agents tor United Staten. Unequaled for their cura- tive and preventive qualities. If you are. ill, you need them to make you well. If you are well, you ne them to keep you so. Recommended by leading physicians everywhere. He wrenched from men their liveli- hood, Betrayed his friend, made people liars, Defrauded farmers, cornered wheat, Gave bribes, took rebates, statutes scorning, Mixed grain with clay for folks to eat (I tried that Breakfast’ Food this morning), When, ha!—there stalked across the scene, As stern and grim as Mumbo Jumbo, A Pr-s-d-nt!—(and this can mean No other chief than Bwana Tumbo), Who gave our friend a dreadful tim The thunders rolled, the lightnings lightened; And while they failed to prove a crime, Poor John was pretty badly fright- ened. At first he snarled and sulked apart; But sorrow thawed his resolution. 69S CIGAR 1A REOLamA © TRIAL iguana Ja a new clgar But bundreds of our custom- ers have already ordered and reordered “It is a handmade cigar of the 4% inches long. Its wrap- per is of selected import- ed Sum: rich. m Havana. It freely and burns evenly with a firm, steel-gray ash which denotes aa wee fifty (60), ex- 4 id etal mansbip. Ii you like them, send us $2.28 0 Ing cigars to usexp Neete will be po 117A Lenox Ave. New York obtainable at your ists a large, full’ - AL 38 Bercy Street’ Dep't A He rose, confessed with contrite heart His sins, and gave in restitution His hoarded wealth—the tainted prize Of Wrong; and last, a repentance crowning, He died before his neighbors’ ¢: To save a worthless wretch from drowning. The book's a noble, homely tract For predatory money-breeders, Which makes the heart lament the fact That millionaires are rarely readers. Arthur Guiterman. (Continued on page 717) comicbooks.com