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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Supplement to Punch, or the London Charivari, September 16, 1914 The New Rake's Progress: Cartoons from "Punch" Illustrating the Kaiser's Career, 1888- 1914 Author: Various Release Date: February 4, 2009 [eBook #28003] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SUPPLEMENT TO PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, SEPTEMBER 16, 1914*** E-text prepared by Neville Allen, Malcolm Farmer, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) S UPPLEMENT TO "P UNCH , OR THE L ONDON C HARIVARI " S EPTEMBER 16, 1914. THE NEW RAKE'S PROGRESS A WISE WARNING. D ÆDALUS B ISMARCK ( P OLITICAL P ARENT OF W ILHELM I CARUS ). "M Y SON , OBSERVE THE MIDDLE PATH TO FLY , A ND FEAR TO SINK TOO LOW , OR RISE TOO HIGH H ERE THE SUN MELTS , THERE VAPOURS DAMP YOUR FORCE , B ETWEEN THE TWO EXTREMES DIRECT YOUR COURSE "N OR ON THE BEAR , NOR ON BOÖTES GAZE , N OR ON SWORD - ARM ' D ORION ' S DANGEROUS RAYS : B UT FOLLOW ME , THY GUIDE , WITH WATCHFUL SIGHT , A ND , AS I STEER , DIRECT THY CAUTIOUS F LIGHT O VID , "Metamorphoses," Book VIII., Fable III. October 6, 1888. *** The Kaiser is warned by the Great Chancellor. L'ENFANT TERRIBLE. C HORUS IN T HE S T ERN . "D ON ' T GO ON LIKE T HAT — OR YOU ' LL UP SET US ALL !" May 10, 1890. *** The Kaiser begins to alarm his fellow Rulers. THE IMPERIAL JACK-IN-THE-BOX. Chorus ( Everybody ). "E VERYT HING IN O RDER E VERYW HERE ! O! W HAT A S URP RISE ! S OLD A GAIN !" January 30, 1892. *** The Kaiser has a finger in every German Pie. THE MODERN ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR, THE POWER OF SOUND. "W ITH RAVISHED EARS , T HE M ONARCH HEARS , A SSUMES THE G OD , A FFECTS TO NOD , AND SEEMS TO SHAKE THE SPHERES !" March 5, 1892. *** The Kaiser feels his feet. This cartoon caused Punch to be excluded for a while from the Imperial Palace. THE STORY OF FIDGETY WILHELM. ( Up-to-date Version of "Struwwelpeter." ) "L ET ME SEE IF W ILHELM CAN B E A LITTLE GENTLEMAN ; L ET ME SEE IF HE IS ABLE T O SIT STILL FOR ONCE AT TABLE !" * * * "B UT FIDGETY W ILL H E WON ' T SIT STILL ." * * * J UST LIKE ANY BUCKING HORSE "W ILHELM ! W E ARE GETTING CROSS !" February 1, 1896. *** The Kaiser worries his friends of the Triple Alliance. A NEW RÔLE. Imperial "Manager-Actor" ( who has cast himself for a leading part in "Un Voyage en Chine," sotto voce ). "U M —H A ! W IT H JUST A FEW ADDIT IONAL T OUCHES HERE AND T HERE , I SHALL MAKE A FIRST - RAT E E MP EROR OF C HINA !" January 15, 1898. *** The Kaiser prepares for China. COOK'S CRUSADER. Imperial Knight Templar ( the German Emperor—to S ALADIN ). " W HAT !! T HE C HRIST IAN P OW ERS P UT T ING P RESSURE UP ON Y OU , MY DEAR F RIEND !! H ORRIBLE ! I CAN ' T T HINK HOW P EOP LE CAN DO SUCH T HINGS !" October 15, 1898. *** The Kaiser sympathises with the Turk. ON TOUR. ( Tangier, March 31. ) K AISER W ILHELM ( as the Moor of Potsdam ) sings :— "'U NTER DEN L INDEN '— ALWAYS AT H OME , 'U NDER THE L IME - LIGHT ' W HEREVER I R OAM !" April 5, 1905. *** The Kaiser woos Morocco. NOT IN THE PICTURE. S CENE — On shore, during the visit of the British Fleet to Brest. M R P UNCH ( Photographer, suavely, to the K AISER ). "J UST A LEET LE FURT HER BACK , P LEASE , S IR . Y OUR SHADOW ST ILL RAT HER INT ERFERES W IT H T HE GROUP ." July 12, 1905. *** The Kaiser (not for the first time) is out of it with England and France. THE SOWER OF TARES. ( After Millais. ) August 23, 1905. *** The Kaiser as enemy of Europe. "ISOLATION." P EACE ( attending the Inter-Parliamentary Congress at Berlin ). "E VERYBODY ELSE SEEMS T O BE MY FRIEND ; W HY DO YOU STAND ALOOF ?" G ERMAN K AISER . "B UT HAVEN ' T I ALWAYS SAID T HAT I WAS YOUR FRIEND ?" P EACE . "Y ES ; BUT CAN ' T YOU DO SOMET HING T O P ROVE IT ?" September 23, 1908. *** The Kaiser as the platonic friend of Peace. THE TEUTONISING OF TURKEY. G ERMAN K AISER . "G OOD B IRD !" October 5, 1910. *** The Kaiser takes Turkey in hand. HARMONY. [The G ERMAN E MP EROR has been patronising the Centenary of K RUP P ' S Gun Factory.] August 14, 1912. *** The Kaiser prepares for the Millennium (Prussian Version). THE COMING OF THE COSSACKS. W ILHELM II. "W HAT IS T HIS D ISTANT R UMBLING T HAT I HEAR ? D OUBT LESS T HE P LAUDIT S OF MY P EOP LE !" August 26, 1914. *** The Kaiser deludes himself. THE WORLD'S ENEMY. T HE K AISER . "W HO GOES T HERE ?" S P IRIT OF C ARNAGE . "A FRIEND — YOUR ONLY ONE ." August 19, 1914. *** The Kaiser as the foe of humanity. Bradbury, Agnew & Co., Printers. London & Tonbridge.