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# "Another Slander" — Life Magazine Page 127 This page defends Britain against accusations of cruelty during the Boer War (likely early 1900s). The accompanying illustration shows a woman in distress, apparently referencing British conduct toward civilians. The text argues that Lord Kitchener denies committing "atrocities," claiming British farms' conduct isn't cruelty but "discipline." The author counters that herding women and children into enclosed pens on starvation rations *is* cruel, regardless of intent. The piece sarcastically suggests that only atrocities "committed by the Boers" are known publicly, while British actions go unexamined. The satire critiques British hypocrisy: defining their own harsh military tactics as justified discipline while condemning enemy actions as barbaric cruelty.
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Pale dawn the casement glimmered through, And oft the candle flickered low, While from that lover's fancy grew The Valentine of long ago. To damosel in quaint array, Though February breezes blew. Came softly as the breath of May That subtly-scented billet-doux That, ‘neath her curls and love-knot blue, Set both her pretty cheeks a-glow, With rhymes of * Thee” and“ Thou" and “ You" — ‘The Valentine of long ago. ENVot. Cupid, your skillful aim, and true, Your vaunted shafts, your boasted bow Are futile when compared unto ‘The Valentine of long ago. Jennie Betts Hartswick, Another Slander. A Baca KITCHENER is reported as declaring it ‘‘untrue that the British have committed cruelties.”” Of course they have not. Burning farms, driving out women and chil- dren, herding them together: out of doors in pens for indefinite periods on starvation diet is not cruelty. It is discipline. Besides, we all know the only cruel- ties committed down there are com- mitted by the Boers. That we get straight from the British themselves, who are unbiased and certainly ought to know. comicbooks.com