Life — July 13, 1911 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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The Tramp HE country fields are fenced with wood, The city squares with stone; They all belongs to Somebuddy Who keeps ‘em for his own; They all belongs to Somebuddy, Whatever he may be, An’ can't be used by Nobuddy— By Nobuddy like me. What Somebuddy may want ‘em for I don’t know as I car I only want a place to rest If there’s a place to spare; A patch o’ grass to lie upon That ain't for sheep or cows, For movin’, movin’, movin’ on Is all the Road allows. An’ so I keep a-movin’ on Apast the fields an’ squares, Until I strike the Open Land That's got to be, Somewheres; A land without a fence or wall, A land of air an’ sun, Where woods are cool green An’ sweet, clear waters run; an’ fields are An’ far as weary foot kin tread Or wishful eye kin see, It all belongs to Nobuddy— Jest Nobuddy, like me. Arthur Guiterman, Pensioning the Bankers NE can hardly blame the bankers of the country for favoring Aldrich’s Big Bank. The pension idea is gaining ground every day. “If,” argue the bankers, “ you are going to pension sol- diers and the aged and the infirm, why not pension. us also?” There is undoubtedly considerable logic in that position and we may reply, “Why not, indeed?” But why, on the other hand, should we do it in such a roundabout way? If the Government decides that the bank- ers should be pensioned, why not give it to them direct? Why go to the trouble of forming a stock company and then letting them make what they can out of Government deposits? Let the bankers state just what pen- sion they desire. We will give it to them at once and keep the rest of the money in the public treasury. “LIFE - 55 Anything to Startle the Men Great Work Now Being Done by Life's Fashion Reform League to Put Country on New Basis of Sartatorial Sumptuousness—Objects of League HE American people are just begin- ning to realize that owing to the work of this League a new era of fash- ion is being ushered in. The mushroom hat (as yet in its in- fancy), the ankle corset, the barefoot movement, banting reform for elderly ladies and the harem skirt are only a few of the reforms that we have intro- duced into this country and sent from here to the rest of the world. The objects of this League are now pretty well known, but it may be just as well to state them over again. First, America for the Americans. This means that we need no suggestions from Paris or elsewhere. We now orig- inate our own fashions, based upon the fundamental idea that the men must be startled and interested, no matter what it costs. cond, Exclusivencss, Only the most refined and wealthiest women in this country can obtain admittance to the League; this docs not mean necessarily the ultra-fashionable alone. We are broad in our views, but we aim to keep out the rabble. The fact that you are a member of this Leagi thing, It stands for r highest type of woman. Third, the Sisterhood of Woman. This is a twin idea with the Brother- hood of Man, and it means that not only Co we guide the higher classes of women by showing them what to wear, but also that we take care of an army of women who have to earn che't own living, In our vast buildings in Lire Park (former- ly Central) we employ thousands who are busy every moment of the day and night carrying out the plans of some of the leading artists. We take great pleasure in announc- ing that we have just secured the serv- ices of one of the leading men dress- makers in the country (we froze him out of business and have now given him a superb position at eight hundred a year), who will act as a professional ad- viser and will have under him a corps of assistants. This gentleman will tell you the truth about yourself. Suppose, for example, you are a lady of fifty, with an ambition to excel in c means some- I art and the “IP IN DOUBT—OUR PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS WILL TELL YOU HOW AWFUL you Loox” comicbooks.com