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English: Title: A desperate attempt to solve the mormon question

Abstract: Illustration shows a four panel cartoon where four Puck cartoonists each take a panel in an effort to solve the issue of Mormonism; clockwise from bottom left, captioned, "I imagine it must be a perfect paradise --Keppler", Joseph Keppler places himself at the center of a harem, smoking a hookah signed "J.K.", and surrounded by beautiful women, one bringing a bottle of "G.H. Mumm" champagne; at top left, captioned, "I think one wife is enough --Gillam", Bernhard Gillam shows a domestic scene at his home where he, labeled "Small Income", his coattails in the clutches of his wife, attempts to avoid being struck by her with a fireplace scoop, while "My Wife's Relations" stand behind her; at top right, captioned, "How long will this destructive monster be allowed to live? --Opper", Frederick Opper is shown in the lower left corner gesturing toward a large octopus labeled "Mormonism" that has caught in its tentacles "S.J.T., Uncle Sam, Public Opinion, Y.M.C.A., Public School System, Justice, Independent New Party, W.H.V., Field, Gould, Kelly, [a] New York Dive, [and the] Catholic Church", as well as Benjamin Butler, the U.S. Capitol, and reaching all the way to "Ireland"; and on the bottom right, captioned, "What is the use of Mormonism, when a man can change his wife whenever he likes? --Graetz, Friedrich Graetz stands in the foreground gesturing toward hordes of men rushing to get divorced on "Saturday. Divorce day in Chicago", and at places advertising "Divorces without publicity, Divorces procured without delay. Liberal charges, [and] Divorces obtained for $5.00". Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph.

Notes: Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 362, (1884 February 13), centerfold.; Copyright 1884 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.; J.K.; Title from item.
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Joseph Keppler  (1838–1894)  wikidata:Q6283062 s:en:Author:Joseph Ferdinand Keppler q:cs:Joseph Ferdinand Keppler
 
Joseph Keppler
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Joseph Keppler Sr.; Joseph Ferdinand Keppler
Description American cartoonist and caricaturist
father of Udo Keppler, who was known as Joseph Keppler (Jr.) after 1894
Date of birth/death 1 February 1838 Edit this at Wikidata 19 February 1894 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Vienna New York City
Work period 1900 Edit this at Wikidata–1910 Edit this at Wikidata
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