2-997-013 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Nouveautés philantropiques..., 1841. ...(en fait de blagues.) Profondément affligés des souffrances de la classe ouvrière, les fabricants d'étoffes qui alimentent le grrrrrrand entrrrrrepôt ont autorisé le dirrrrrrecteur à vendre le plus possible de leur marchandises...cette pensée généreuse a déjà porté ses fruits, le public s'associe à notre oeuvre humanitaire, la consommation augmente tous les jours et tous les jours nous baissons...la façon. (Philanthropic news (a joke). Deeply moved by the sufferings of the working classes, the textile producers who are supplying the large warehouses have authorized their directors to sell off as much of their stock as possible... this generous idea is already showing first results and our clientele joins in on our humanitarian efforts. Consumption has increases manifold ... the turnover goes up and the salaries go down.) The fictional character of Robert Macaire is an unscrupulous swindler in French culture.