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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [February 23, 1889.
IYASVIMOMITE THRIFT! OP. THE HEROD OF OUR DAYS.
Mr. Punch. “Estimates! Yes, but there’s something further
“ When a Hammonite mother kills her babe for a burial-fee,
And Timour-Mammon grins on a pile of children’s bones.”
Tennyson's “ Maud."
“ The strongest statement in favour of infant insurance is that it encou-
rages thrift.”—Mr. Braxton-Hicks on “ Infantile Insurance."
“ It is clear, he remarks, that to allow a poor parent to effect an insurance
on his child’s life gives him a direct interest in its death.”—The “ Times ” on
Mr. Braxton-Micks's Letter.
“Thrift, thrift! ”_ Oh, convenient Death!
Wise counsel he whispereth under his breath
Into pitiful poverty’s ear!
Poverty makes even parentage keen
At catching his sinister hints. ’Tis a scene
FOR YOU TO LOOK AFTER, Mr, SMITH—THE SURPLUS POPULATION !
For a new Danse Macabre ; that bald, bony nowl
Crape-canopied craftily set cheek-by-jowl
With the conscienceless vassal of Peer.
“ Thrift, thrift! ” It is surely the last subtle shift
Of the Spectre to pose as a preacher of Thrift!
True, Mammon and Mors have been ever allies ;
But here is a scene that might almost surprise
The Moloch for whom they both cater.
The cynical grin of the fiend of the flame
Might melt to a look of compassionate shame
At sight of the Golden God’s last little game,
Which should bring a hot blush to a satyr.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [February 23, 1889.
IYASVIMOMITE THRIFT! OP. THE HEROD OF OUR DAYS.
Mr. Punch. “Estimates! Yes, but there’s something further
“ When a Hammonite mother kills her babe for a burial-fee,
And Timour-Mammon grins on a pile of children’s bones.”
Tennyson's “ Maud."
“ The strongest statement in favour of infant insurance is that it encou-
rages thrift.”—Mr. Braxton-Hicks on “ Infantile Insurance."
“ It is clear, he remarks, that to allow a poor parent to effect an insurance
on his child’s life gives him a direct interest in its death.”—The “ Times ” on
Mr. Braxton-Micks's Letter.
“Thrift, thrift! ”_ Oh, convenient Death!
Wise counsel he whispereth under his breath
Into pitiful poverty’s ear!
Poverty makes even parentage keen
At catching his sinister hints. ’Tis a scene
FOR YOU TO LOOK AFTER, Mr, SMITH—THE SURPLUS POPULATION !
For a new Danse Macabre ; that bald, bony nowl
Crape-canopied craftily set cheek-by-jowl
With the conscienceless vassal of Peer.
“ Thrift, thrift! ” It is surely the last subtle shift
Of the Spectre to pose as a preacher of Thrift!
True, Mammon and Mors have been ever allies ;
But here is a scene that might almost surprise
The Moloch for whom they both cater.
The cynical grin of the fiend of the flame
Might melt to a look of compassionate shame
At sight of the Golden God’s last little game,
Which should bring a hot blush to a satyr.
Werk/Gegenstand/Objekt
Titel
Titel/Objekt
Mammonite thrift! Or, the Herod of our days
Weitere Titel/Paralleltitel
Serientitel
Punch
Sachbegriff/Objekttyp
Inschrift/Wasserzeichen
Aufbewahrung/Standort
Aufbewahrungsort/Standort (GND)
Inv. Nr./Signatur
H 634-3 Folio
Objektbeschreibung
Objektbeschreibung
Bildbeschriftung: Estimates; Fire & Life; Infantile Insurance Company
Maß-/Formatangaben
Auflage/Druckzustand
Werktitel/Werkverzeichnis
Herstellung/Entstehung
Künstler/Urheber/Hersteller (GND)
Entstehungsdatum
um 1889
Entstehungsdatum (normiert)
1884 - 1894
Entstehungsort (GND)
Auftrag
Publikation
Fund/Ausgrabung
Provenienz
Restaurierung
Sammlung Eingang
Ausstellung
Bearbeitung/Umgestaltung
Thema/Bildinhalt
Thema/Bildinhalt (GND)