Atlasian Gentlemen's Psephological and Social Club - 1913

[memphis]

The income tax is merely a feeble beginning.  A harbinger of the glorious socialist revolution that will sweep our nation. Simply look at the trends for the Socialist Party of the past few elections. Mr Debs shall be our President one day just as surely as our Lord Jesus Christ will one day return to earth.  

[memphis]

Good heavens Me Nathan. Ladies have not political ideas! Those miserable suffragists will be the undoing of the family. As the Bible tells us, a lady should be silent and serve her husband. That is her God given role and she ought not to forget it. We must shield our ladies from the vulgar saloon hall politics just as we shield them from the darkies and their immorality. I will give Mr Wilson credit, he has kept that race, who bears the curse of Ham fror all eternity, in the fields where they belong. I will never forget when Mr Roosevelt broke with the plans of God and dined with one. He will have to answer to a very high court indeed for that transgression.

[memphis]

How do you fellows like the new moving picture fad? When I first saw one I could scarcely believe my eyes! Yet, I feel that interest amongst the public must surely be waning now. How many reels of comely lasses dancing will a man pay to see in one lifetime?

[memphis]

In other local news, skyscrapers continue to pop up in my hometown year after year. The lastest boasts an unbelievable 19 floors! I would not believe it had I not seen it with my own eyes. I have read in the newspaper that the Woolworth Company of New York City has erected a building that is 57 floors, though that must surely be an exaggeration. Though I do often wonder if God will soon strike it down as blasphemy as he did with the Tower of Babel. For centuries, the tallest buildings in the world were always houses of God. What right has man to deem mere commerce more substantial? I have no doubt that we are inviting Divine Judgement. My worries notwithstanding, here is a fine colored illustration of Memphis's newest goliath.