"WILL PAPA DIE?"

Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 49

"WILL PAPA DIE?"

The ceremony of launching the big vessel was performed by Miss Geraldine Mills, daughter of the managing director, from the yards of Messrs Swan, Hunter, and Wiclduun Richardson and Co., Ltd., Wallsend, Newoastle-on-Ty-ne, April 15, 1907. Miss Geraldine Mills ia the lady carrying the bouquet, and those to right and left of her are: — On the left — Miss Maunsell ; on the right — Mr James Mills, Mr Hunter, Mrs Christie, Mr Christie.

ILLUSTRATIONS FROM "WILD LIFE IN AUSTRALIA, BY W. H DUDLEY LE SOUEF. Published by Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd. and reviewed in last week's Witness and the Otago Daily Times of Saturday. June 15

Ho! my comrades, see the signal flaunting in the West: See the hateful scaffold building — all at Greed's behest. See those boys of Colorado , hear their martyr's cry : Hear " Bill " Haywood's little bab\ a-k, •Will Papa die?' Chobus Oh! ye lads of Fair Co'umbia. listen to the cry: Hear that fair-haired babe of Haywood's ask, Will Papa d-e*" Shall the West, the land of Freedom, build a cross of gold To crucify the hopes of Labour, brazenly and bold Shall the arm of toil be witheied without sob or sigh, Not a tear for Henrietta's wail, " Will Papa die'" Chorus When you look upon your babies 'round your hearthstone bright * Think of Haywood's tear-faced daughter, think of her to-night. Make a yow to God in Heaven, to that God om high, That those boys in Idaho by Greed shall never die Chorus.

Under the above heading came the portrait of the child reproduced below, followed by the verses given on th« left of the child's picture, written fox the " Appeal to Reason " by Col. Dick Maple, editor of the " Natioi»l Rip-Saw." Sing to the tune of " Hold the Fort."

IHE MEN CONCERNED IN THE SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL IN THE UNITED STATES (.See article entitled " Liberty Enlightening the World ' on another page.}