Like a Chinese play, it goes on forever / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows a Chinese play taking place on a small stage with Joseph G. Cannon and Nelson W. Aldrich offering two small doll-like figures labeled "Small Dealer" and "Consumer" to a dragon labeled "High Protection" manned by two men labeled "Special Privilege" and "Graft", as James S. Sherman, John Dalzell, and Sereno E. Payne play musical instruments on the left side of the stage. On the back of the stage is a Buddha icon labeled "Greed". In the foreground, at the foot of the stage are Chinese men labeled "Lumber Trust, Paper Trust, Steel Trust, [and] Beef Trust"; on the far right, beneath a sign that states "Box Reserved for Amer. Protective Tariff League" is a Chinese man labeled "Chas A. Moore" holding a tray with two small figures labeled "First Voter".

Illus. in: Puck, v. 65, no. 1671 (1909 March 10), centerfold.
Copyright 1909 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.