H. R.
Edwin Lefevre
H. R.
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EDWIN LEFEVRE
HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
BY
EDWIN LEFEVRE
HARPER & BROTHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMXV
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMXV
TO ROBERT HOBART DAVIS
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Yesterday I walked 19 miles.
They paid me 35 cents cash
And 2 meal tickets.
They call us Sandwich-men because:
We don't know what a Square Meal is!
Do you thank God you are alive?
So do we!
And notice the DIFFERENCE!
I am the Result.
The Cause was not Drink.
It was HUNGER.
All men must die.
Knowing this, WE HOPE!
If Society won't feed us
We'll feed the Society of Worms—
POTTER'S FIELD
We are the World's Unfortunates:
BORN TO BE KICKED!
There are poorer than we.
HELP THEM!
A man with the stride of a conqueror bore a banner:
AND STILL WE BELIEVE IN GOD!
Look at Fifth Avenue!
WHY?
See what we are!
WHY?
If you wish to see
One hundred starving men
Follow us.
YOU WILL REMEMBER IT!
HAIL, NEW YORK!
WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE
SALUTE YOU!
SANDWICH PARADE
Pathetic Protest against Industrial Slavery
Paupers Who Will Neither Steal Nor Beg Forced by Society to Starve
Sandwich Wages, Two Cents an Hour
Men About to Die Salute New York
They paid me 35 cents cash
And 2 meal tickets.
They call us Sandwich-men because:
We don't know what a Square Meal is!
Do you thank God you are alive?
So do we!
And notice the DIFFERENCE!
I am the Result.
The Cause was not Drink.
It was HUNGER.
All men must die.
Knowing this, WE HOPE!
If Society won't feed us
We'll feed the Society of Worms—
POTTER'S FIELD
We are the World's Unfortunates:
BORN TO BE KICKED!
There are poorer than we.
HELP THEM!
A man with the stride of a conqueror bore a banner:
AND STILL WE BELIEVE IN GOD!
Look at Fifth Avenue!
WHY?
See what we are!
WHY?
If you wish to see
One hundred starving men
Follow us.
YOU WILL REMEMBER IT!
HAIL, NEW YORK!
WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE
SALUTE YOU!
SANDWICH PARADE
Pathetic Protest against Industrial Slavery
Paupers Who Will Neither Steal Nor Beg Forced by Society to Starve
Sandwich Wages, Two Cents an Hour
Men About to Die Salute New York
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XI
More than ever!
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XIII
For your sake!
TO THE PUBLIC
But we are for the Law!
So Are We!
WE NEVER SOLICIT SUBSCRIPTIONS!
TO THE PUBLIC
But we are for the Law!
So Are We!
WE NEVER SOLICIT SUBSCRIPTIONS!
XIV
MISS GOODCHILD ELOPES
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Hunger knows no denomination.
There must not be starving men, women, or children in New York.
We who do not hunger must feed those who do.
LET US FEED ALL THE HUNGRY!
There must not be starving men, women, or children in New York.
We who do not hunger must feed those who do.
LET US FEED ALL THE HUNGRY!
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NEXT WEEK
THE MEN WHO HAVE MADE
NEW YORK
THE EMPIRE CITY OF
GOD'S OWN COUNTRY
WILL FEED
ALL THE HUNGRY
WHO HAVE NO MONEY
THE MEN WHO HAVE MADE
NEW YORK
THE EMPIRE CITY OF
GOD'S OWN COUNTRY
WILL FEED
ALL THE HUNGRY
WHO HAVE NO MONEY
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ALL FOR LOVE!
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ONE HUNDRED GIRLS
WILL SELL TICKETS
TO THE
MAMMOTH HUNGER FEAST
THEY ARE THE ONLY
PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
IN ALL NEW YORK
LOOK FOR THEM!
LOOK AT THEM!
PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL!
WILL SELL TICKETS
TO THE
MAMMOTH HUNGER FEAST
THEY ARE THE ONLY
PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
IN ALL NEW YORK
LOOK FOR THEM!
LOOK AT THEM!
PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL!
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IF YOU ARE HUNGRY AND
HAVE NO MONEY WALK IN!
THIS WAY IF YOU ARE HUNGRY!
FREE BEER! Frei! Gratis!
HAVE NO MONEY WALK IN!
THIS WAY IF YOU ARE HUNGRY!
FREE BEER! Frei! Gratis!
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WELL DONE, NEW YORK!
WATCH YOUR GUESTS EAT
YOU ARE FEEDING THEM!
WATCH THEM EAT!
YOUR TICKET DID IT!
AND THE GREATEST OF THESE
IS CHARITY
DANCING!
FREE OF CHARGE!
WATCH YOUR GUESTS EAT
YOU ARE FEEDING THEM!
WATCH THEM EAT!
YOUR TICKET DID IT!
AND THE GREATEST OF THESE
IS CHARITY
DANCING!
FREE OF CHARGE!
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THE END
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