Life, 1911-06-08 · page 30 of 44
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This page satirizes British financial exploitation of American tourists attending King Edward VII's coronation. The main cartoon depicts a lion (representing Britain) aggressively shearing a sheep (America) of its wool—a visual pun on "scissors" cutting fabric. The accompanying verses mock how British establishments—hotels, cabbies, waiters, and vendors—dramatically inflate prices for wealthy American visitors, under the cynical justification that Americans are so rich they won't notice. The dialogue references "crowning Georgie Rex" while extracting maximum payment from "Uncle Sam's expense." The cartoon's point: Britain treats American tourists as profit opportunities, fleecing them under the guise of hospitality during the royal coronation. It's economic satire targeting both British greed and American naïveté about being overcharged abroad. The page also includes unrelated educational humor about teaching children and a Sanatogen tonic advertisement.
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