Life — September 1, 1921 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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Sanctum Talks ¢ ELL, Lire.” ‘Well, Mr., Mr.—” “Lenine.” “Dear me! So it is. I should have known you. Especially since Mr. John Haynes Holmes has so recently referred to you as an intellectual giant.” “Dear me, Lirz, I hope I am not as common as that.” “You're not at all common, Mr. Le- nine, I assure you. But now that you are here, why did you drop in to see me before you destroyed the United States government?” “There’s no particular hurry about that, Lire—that will all come in good time: besides, I cannot destroy the United States government before giving my dear friend H. G. Wells an opportunity to write a book about it.” “But that would be only a matter of a fortnight.” “True. Still our program must not be hurried. First Russia, then Germany, France, Europe and England, and finally the United States.” “But why not put us out of our misery first? We are so much concerned about Europe at present that it is hard for us to see it being destroyed, when if you would only send Emma Goldman back and start another line of Hearst papers the thing might be all over.” “You're flattering me. The thing isn’t so easy as that. We've done everything we could already: we have spent about twenty millions on you: we've cut into your schools and your industries, and our good friends of the Freeman, the New Republic and the Nation are doing their share—not to mention dear old Wells.” “But suppose, Mr. Lenine, just sup- pose—” “Well, go on.” * “Suppose that pretty soon, well, say within the next year or so, instead of your completing the destruction of Rus- sia, Russia should destroy you? Eh, wat, wat?” “Then in that case, Lire, I should have to escape quietly and come back and dwell among you—settle down on the East Side.” “And do you think, Mr. Lenine, that after that we would be so stupid as to let you alone, tolerate you and not do anything to you?” “Of course, Isn’t that what you al- ways do? I’d simply join the intellec- tuals—so easy! Ta, ta, Lire.” “G—g—good morning, Mr. Lenine!” LIFgs: LIFE’S Fresh Air Fund _Lire’s Fees Aim Fuxp has been in. oper tion for the past thirty-four years. "In ' thy time it has expended $191,130.33 and has git @ fortnight in the country to 41,505 poor pee children, Bs Contributions, which are acknowledg: about three weeks after their receipt, ‘hould } made payable to Lire’s Fresu Arr Fixp, and sent to 598 Madison Avenue, New Yor! City, in Lin Previously _acknow! 9,836.26 Rudolph Zinsser, N i : Y M. EL. W., N Wi 104 PB. 10. 0 Peggy’ & Jack 50.00 Sanderson, B h, . CC. Merritt, Larchmont, C. 0. L., New York Cit In the name of Miss E. inge 1.00 Alice C. V + Cal. 104 The Old M. i ee 1.00 In_ memory . Hi, i onn. ... Be 15.04 Edward Harris, Ir., Rochester, N.Y 5.00 Allan Hoover, Washington, D.’C... 10.0) Marie Carstens, Fremont, ' Neb : 10.0 Ferdinand 3d & Byron L: i mington, Del, . on 10.0 “In memory of 100.00 Margaret d Yor Prior Lake Children, Minn Marmaduke Maxwell, Ecola, Mrs. A. Curtiss, Watch Hill, R. I.... James Washington, Bushnellsville, A. L; Rinard, Catawissa, M. Rayburn, Harrington, Canada Frederick H. Schauffler, ’Jr., Shirley Reid, Suffield, Conn Watertown Lodge B.'P. O. tertown, N, 4 Thomas C. “Higgins, Springfield, “Mass. Mrs. Eliz. S. Beck, Long Beach, Cal. [ab Oke 48 Frost, “Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye.” Se} and cate bed plai ras § wor to he comicbooks.com