Life — July 31, 1919 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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Further Information Wanted Additional discoveries by Profes- sor Pickering lend weight to the theory that there is human life on Mars.—News item. WONDER if the Martians Have parlor Bolsheviks Who cheer a rule of bombs and bums And yeggs and jailbirds’ tricks ; And have they dress-reformers, And have they, do you think, Those pallid souls who can't endure That other folk should drink? I wonder if the Martians Can boast an income tax Which chops away their hard-carned gold With cruel, cruel hacks ; And do they suffer keenly From servant girls who stay A week at triple what they're worth, And then steal far away? IT wonder if the Martians Must cope with Burlesons, Or folk who wish a softer Peace, Or unrepentant: Huns? And if by chance the Martians, Up there among the stars. Are free from any of these things, I'd love to live on Mars % , . WILL YOU PLEASE ASK THE EDITOR IF HELL SEE ME A MOMENT?" Kenneth L. Roberts. “1 DON'T HAVE TO ASK HIM, MISS. 1 KNOW HIS TASTE.” comicbooks.com