Life — December 26, 1901 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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Progress. free the tallow dip the electric light. But the world is scarcely made more bright. The power press for the old hand press, But the power of the press was never less, The Slaughter of the Innocents. pue British Government admits officially that in its concen- tration camps in South Africa there died, in the month of October, two thousand six hundred and thirty-three Boer children, and in November, two thousand two hundred and seventy-one children. Truly a noble sacrifice to preserve the mining invest- ments of Messrs. Rhodes, Beit, Barnato, et al.! These lives might have been saved if the Boer women and children had been sent to the coast instead of being kept in the camps in the interior along the lines of communication between the Cape and the British armies in the field. But if the women were taken away from the lines of communication the Boer fighters might cut off the supplies of the British heroes, who find the Boer women's petticoats a strong barricade against disaster. And besides, every Boer child that dies in these camps means one less Boer fighter or mother of fighters in the future. This war of ex- termination against women and children adds new lustre to British arms and new glory to British bravery. There are no women and children among the Boer ‘prisoners in ALBERT LEVERING. Bermada. The prisoners there have been separated as widely as possible from their homes and families. ‘To these poor creatures Lire, through the generosity of its readers, has been able to send one hundred and seventy pounds of smoking tobacco to solace their long hours of imprisonment. ‘This may seem a large quantity of smoking material, but it means less than a half-ounce to each prisoner. Con- tributions for this purpose to the time of going to press are: Previously acknowledged... $47.02 J. A.C. 5.00 T. G, M., Chillicothe, 0. _ 50.00 $102.02 «©T WONDER who this man is who wants to know whether or not life is worth living.” “Oh, probably some fellow who has more money than he knows what to do with.” W 4k is sport for somebody, or there would be no war, Inevitable. Vor BLUMER: How are you getting on in New York ? Tue Bitiionarre : Oh, we don't expect to ‘arrive’ for ayear. It takes abont that time to shake the undesirable people you know when you first move in. comicbooks.com