as in the United States in 1838 and
Chamberlain’s protection policy was
average of 2,000 children a year.
a source ot never falling Inspiration 1892.
Eighty-seven per cent, of those ulready
The English take things serious
tor the free trade caricaturists. The ly, even posters. A Liberal cartoon
provided lor have turned out well, 8
Liberals gave an initial exhibit in the representing a motor car causing a
pet cent, have been returned, 2 per
cent, died, one quarter of one per cent, VOTERS OF EXGLAXD APPEALED National Liberal Club, London, for frightened horse to jump a fence
the benefit and guidance of the party s wounded the susceptibilities of a
TO TURO U G11 GAUDILY COLOR
have been arrested for petty crimes, 2
candidates and agents.
3-4 per cent, have disappeared. For
ED SUEETS.
Uuionist candidate. His chauffeur de
The I .abort tee. or the working manded through his solicitors that
very young children, whose parents
man's
party,
got
out
only
a
few
post
the
cartoon be destroyed on the
are both dead, it Is easy to find good Vast Fortune Spent for Printed Mat- era They have little money to spend
hemes and legal adoption The last ter.-Prominent Lnglish Statesmen for campaign purposes unless it is fur ground that it libeled his ability as a
census shows a declining birth rate, Ridiculously Cartooned on Bill nished them by one of the big parties motor driver. The Liberal candidate
for the cartoon replied
notably In the States of the Middle board and Post Card.
which wants them to pull votes from responsible
through his solicitors that he would
West, where homes should certainly
the other side. This time the Liberals accept
In
no
country
in
the
world
are
more
service in any proceedings but
L, pleutufil for these unhappy little time and money spent in appeals to contributed to the Labor funds.
ones of the great city.
The Unionist-Conservatives had the that the poster would “stay put”
the reason and good will of the public
Elections in Ireland are exciting
A big favorite
than In England.
Stringent laws wittiest posters.
though not so violent as they were in
WOULD LIMIT THEIR CAPITAL. against malpractice in securing votes showed the new Campbell-Bannerman the
days of George IV. who, when he
force candidates for office and their cabinet recoiling in horror at the en visited
Galway on the occasion of a
Senator Newlunds* Plan for National agents to invent numerous and Inge trance of Lord Roseberry, who haa fre-
nious devices to attract public atten quently played the part of political general election, was told in answer to
Railroad Incorporation Law.
tlon. During the last General Elec wrecker. The best Unionist shot« his question. “Whom do you expect to
Senator Newlands consumed several tions every effort possible was put wers directed against tbo Libera! elect?” "The survivor, sire.”
The cost of the January elections In
Lours the other day In explaining to forth to influence the opinion of the leader’s (who is always referred to
the members ot the Senate Committee voter by means of posters; to such an as “C-B") suspected bribery of the the British Isles was close on »10,000,
000.
A candldate'sexpensesare limited
on Interstate Commerce the provisions extent were posters utilized that the Irish National parly piloted by Mr
of his bill to prohibit over-capitaliza tight for election wes nicknamed the John Redmond. For some time past by law, but each vote costs on the
tion ot corporations.
Mr. Redmond has been a masterful average four shillings, or an American
Poster Campaign.
L Mr. Newland’s plan provides for the
England In January was plastered man-on-the-fence, leaning to which dollar. Orkney and Shetland, Scot
incorporation of railroads under a nat from end to end with political post- ever side promised Home Rule and land cost their aspirants to Parliament
ioaal law instead of the conflicting ers. Big four-sheet posters and
other plums for Ireland. A humorous most, votes costing as high as four-
laws ot forty-five states. He said postal card posters, bright and
poster represents John Bull ln hie J teen shillings apiece in legitimate ex
best clothes, a bouquet in one hand penses.
and a key labeled "Office” in the The cheapest constituency is Merthyr
other, waiting at the church door. He Tydvll. the labor district which sends
is horrified at the sight of his bride up Mr. Keir Hardie. These votes come
Mrs. Liberal Party, with the face of to about a shilling. The curious thing
C-B. a bouncing widow who has
I
brought her little son of Irish extrac
tion with her. The cartoon is entitled,
‘‘Little Johnny would come.” 8tlll an
other poster represents the dilemma
of Mrs. Liberal Partv—an uneompll
Whrr*» the Cob.
mentary portrait of C-B as an lrrhat
den Club re
laxes
ed old lady who finds her unruly Irish
a rirr at
adopted an embarrassing and noisy Into
rtomach taxes
A Parrot porches
hardful that she sincerely wishes dbl
daily
A.
not belong to her. A protectionist Just
above the
ent mnoa door
poster that would appeal to Amcrl
To everything thats
to him
cans is labeled, ‘‘Help, in the King’« Or read
Hunif to aim. oi
name,” and shows John Bull bein'
to him
De
ha*
no other
slugged and robbed by the pickpocl ft
h newer eave
tng nations, Germany making off with “Your Food Will
Cost You Moro"
British work, tools and gold, while
To th« proml«e
Mr. Chamberlain as a London police
T’.rtt*th**cost of*dally living
man, armed with the club of Retalia No f irthing will he hfaher
tion, leads the colonies to the rescue
Than it over wiw befor«
While our wages will be rlslmr
The Tariff Reform League contrib To
a height that’s quite »ur-
uted to the Unionist collection a post-
L' Parrot only answers that
or called “the Parrot,” whereon that t “Your
Food Will Cost You
Mote”
feathered folly sits perched above the
door of the Cobden Club and with one Both tn and out
warning claw upraised, parodies "The He of Is season
den f to com-
on reason
Raven."
I argument ‘
1 ’ are
While Mr. “Joe” Chamberlain’s ad
wanted
upon his
vice to Mr. Arthur Balfour, as quoted That
head you poir
l>y the Liberals, “Mind, Arthur, not a
Bo we’ll leavi
him to his folly
word about the fiscal question. Stick
Dow It mutter ir a Polly
That
out-of-date and stupid
to Home Rule,” was carefully fol Cries 1» “Your
Food Will Cost You More?
lowed by the Unionist-Conservative
followers of those gentlemen, the op
YOUB FOOD WILL COST YOU MORE.
position's posters were largely devoted
to repeating the cry of the Parrot Is that the defeated candidate usually
"Your food will cost you more,” and has a bigger bill to pay than the suc
worked every pictorial variation pos cessful one. One item of 30 shillings
sfble on the free trade vs. protection a hundred for ballot papers, which is
met by candidates, seems outrageous
argument.
The Hanky-Panky Government was in these days of cheap printing.
the biggest hit on the Liberal hoard
Ings. It represented Mr. Balfour as a
n'as Short of Money.
slelght-ot-hand artist who, having ea
“A black cutaway coat? Yes, Sir,'
joled his hat from John Bull, proceed
ea to take out of it the goose and rab said the furnisher; “now this style of
bits of unpopular legislation, whl h derby just suits a short man.”
“Indeed? replied Mr. Runt. “How
Mr. Chamberlain supplied from te
neath the
to the evident much is it wlih the vest?”
“Twelve dollars and a bargain!”
amusement of the prestidigitator, who
“Huh. That price would never suit
frankly owned that he was “quite sure
A NAftBOW TtNEMtNl DISTINCT STULL I IN NLW YOliK
a
man
as short as I am.”
the gentleman who loaned him the hat
had no idea what was Inside of if
capitalization would be limited to clever and stupid. In rhyme and 1D Liberal wit reached its zenith with r
honest valuation and actual investment prose, humorous and pathetic, posters caricature of Sir John Millais’s paint
instead of being swollen abnormally adapted from Mother Goose, and post ing, “Bubbles,” which showed Mr.
Chamberlain anxiously blowing the
by “ths familiar d.vlc* of stock water ers stolen from Aesop’s Fables.
Each party primed them in thou bubble promises of protection beneflts
ing."
Dividends would be limited to a fair sands and exhibited them in clubs and and watching them burst.
Notwithstanding all the prominence
return on actual capital, said the Sen art rooms to its admiring adherents.
ator, but would be virtually guaran In Birmingham, Mr. Chamberlain’s given the tariff question ln the post- Any Lady Can Do It at Home—Costs
teed, because the roads would be per home and the stronghold of the fts , however, it cannot be said to
Nothing to Try.
mitted to make rates which would Unionist • Conservatives, a boarding have been a live issue in the English
earn not less than this normal return. with 20,000 square feet of surface was General Elections. Mr. Chamberlain
erected and completely covered with himself anticipated defeat, because
Taxes would be fixed and definite.
Continuing tlie S on a to r said; the posters of that party. At night the old party during its long term of
I
“With the settlement of both rates and
taxes on a permanent basts, railroads
DON’T BE HANKY-PANKY’D AGAIN
would go out of politics because they
would hive absolutely nothing to gain
by political activity. My measure la
based on tbs theory that railroad con
eolidatlon is not harmful If properly
controlled. I would not only permit,
but encourage such consolidation
der national charterg.
»
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Undoubtedly it la pleasant to
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dau or coup*, and the owner of such
a vehicle is happy amid the odor ot
violets and lavender that comes from
the sateh.t baas she has placed around
It, But, the Baroness Elizabeth Rosen,
daughter of the Russian Ambassador
to this country, has more poetic ideas.
She has a charming little coup* at the
sides, of which, where another woman
would ha 's a mirror, powder puff and
hairpins, she has two contrivances
which hold water and keep a handful
of violets fresh and fragrant It is
a delight to stop into this carriage. The
Baroness is going to have additional
flower stands In the coup», and will
have perfume and color wherever she
goes.
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157» and called the country, Nouva
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Dover.
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