Life, 1924-03-13 · page 24 of 40
Life — March 13, 1924 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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**Main Cartoon (Bottom):** A bartender confronts a customer about payment for a drink. The customer's response reveals the satirical point: the drink would have evaporated anyway due to heat/time, so he's claiming he owes nothing for its consumption. This is a joke about financial rationalization and dodging debts through absurd logic. **"Income Taxidermy" Article (Right):** A lengthy satirical proposal mocking Congressional tax reform debates. The author proposes absurd tax schemes—taxing "hen-pecked family men," making bachelors pay in "candy and flowers," and various other ridiculous provisions. The satire targets the complexity and perceived irrationality of tax legislation, suggesting Congress is equally nonsensical in its actual proposals. **"Epitaphs from the Gaelic" (Top Left):** Traditional Irish epitaphs presented as literary content, unrelated to the cartoons' satire. **Context:** This appears to be from the post-WWI era when tax debates were contentious. The satire mocks both Congressional incompetence and public tax avoidance schemes.
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Epitaphs from the Gaelic Income Taxidermy C~ ZWE seventh son of a seventh son. can't understand why Congress is making such a And a grand wit he had, W fuss over tax reduction The whole ter is absurdly Tellir the imple All that is needed to save the nation’s solvency is & Herself it was walking along wit little folk, he was to lower the normal tax on heads « es from to When he was away late be nig 20% and raise the abnormal tax on hen-pecked family men And preten y have a great anger dd shave the poll tax down to the bone When he came back, ‘omes of from $850 to $11,000,000 should be regulated Because the queen of the fairies according to Schedule M, with slight modifications for a Sprinkled scent on him cruclties. Amusement taxes should be computed, as now, For devilment by the friskal year culminating atm , Dec. 31. Un- hat she sends all the way to Dublin for,” earned incomes from stocks, bonds, and cigar coupons should al. Fiduciaries should be thrown out sid be prorated ¢ stituents the sirtax i be univ He would be sayir The seventh son of a seventh son Income from rents, rips and snorts perorated. In deference to women cx xicabs) should on bachelors (payable in candy, flowers a he doubled, troubled, or quadribbled. I Scotch-free. In all cases He never smoked never nik » woman ever graced his side re’s some that think he might have lived Though all are sure he must have died. assets in the form f private stock should g liberal allowance should be made for gifts, thefts, reve Th expenses and personal detractions. Bunk deposits should see 2 unmolested. I felt: her head With these few imp alf-walking joy to everybody, March 15 wi the head of the family. At least, that is the what we learn from our expert income taxidermist. We trust he isn’t stuffing us. Lazcton Mackall The doctor came And her ghost Says he, “I think she must be dead; She's stopped talkin eee jons taxation will be a Christmas to t red seem lik stance of Things always come to pass in threes, Come health, or wealth, or dread disease. Classified To him beneath w nied ILLIE: What's an Anthology, dad? He came; he married, and he died Cransnaw: That's a book in which you never find Seamus MacAengusa what you're looking for, my boy. GOIN’ TER PAY ME FER THAT DRINK, EB?” SHUCKS! THAT AIN'T ONLY WHUT WOULD HEV 'VAPORATED ON YE, ENNYHOW!” comicbooks.com