Life — July 11, 1912 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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We Are Constantly in Receipt of Important Letters Which Are Too Long for Our Limited Space. On the New Haven R. R. Danbury Branch Mr. Error: "Twas in the prime Of summer time The air—exhilaration— And four and twenty travelers out on their vacation. They took the cars, All jolts and jars, The Fairfield County Crawler. No seats at hand, fares in demand, Conductor's name was Brawler. Six hours late— One day to wait— To make a good connection They left the train, they trod the plain Their journey’s end—dejection. TRAVELER. “American People” Eortor or Lire: Dear Six: As a constant reader of Lire, I was quite surprised to read the unreasonable and prejudiced letter in the number of May 30 entitled “ Worse Than a Trimmer,” concerning President Taft. In the first place, Mr. Taft was not elected as a Unitarian, but as an Ameri- can, and Catholic votes helped to elect him, as well as Protestant ones. What the writer means by “ American people” is difficult to understand, but he seems to think it is synonymous with “ Protestant.” It would seem that the fifteen millions or more Catholics of the United States had no rights in their own country, It is a known fact that there are no more loyal citizens in the United States than Cath- olics, and I am at a loss to know why the teachings of the oldest and most numerous body of Christians should be un-American. I am a Catholic and I cannot understand why I am not as loyal an American as any Protestant simply because I belong to a religion which teaches me to have respect for all duly constituted authority. In his acts regarding religious matters Mr. Taft has always shown himself to be President of all the people and not any one section of them. In rescinding Valentine's order in the Indian school case Mr. Taft was simply giving all those Brevity is Absolutely Essential to Publication interested a chance to have a hearing in the matter. What could be more un- American than to deny a condemned per- son the right to defend himself? The writer also calls the Catholic a “foreign” religion. Why is it “ for- cign” any more than any other? Were Luther, Calvin and Henry VIII. Ame: They were not when I learned Catholies are not secking any favors, but simply want justice like the rest of their fellow citizens, In conclusion it might be added that if Protestants, in- stead of worrying about the affairs of other Christian religions, would spend their time in fighting divorce, vice, social ism, anarchism isms which are g. and the numerous other ning a foothold in our fair country, their, churches, would not be empty and they would not find time for such foolish and antiquated bigotry. Yours very truly, W. J. McCarrerry. Sax Francisco, Cat, June 4, 1912. A Passing Tribute To tHe Epiror oF Lire Dear Six: I notice in the issue of Lire of June 6 another of your senscless tirades against the Rockefeller Institute and the medical profession generally. The article suggests that some member of the Institute offer himself as the sub- ject of experiments looking to the re- moval of the stomach, spleen, portions of the brain and other useless organs. My impulse upon reading the gulf was to offer the counter suggestion that the man on your staff who turns out that particular line of rot offer himself, but I realize the utter impossibility of remov- ing even an infinitesimal portion of brain from his head and still leaving any. And as a personal favor, don’t publish this in Lire under the moth-caten cap- tion of “Thanks, Doctor,” as I don't happen to be one, nor have we on: the family. What Lire needs, if progress, is to realize that muckraking is going out of style and that its readers don’t really give a whoop in Hoboken what its opinion may be on the subjects of vaccination, suffrage, cte. G. E, Kirk, Parttavetrnta, June $, 1912. Verb. Sap. This extract from a letter written by 8 correspondent in Illinois may possibly be of value to whomsoever it most con- cerns: The thing about Lire which I like best of all is its attitude toward the so-called lower animals. Next to that, I admire the fearless manner in which it exposes vaccination and similar abominations, which are driying thousards of people to Osteopathic and Christian Science practitioners, The National League for Medical Freedom was not organ- ized a minute too soon. Sincerely your: Water McRopserts. Is there a partial explanation in the 2bove lines of the medical doctors’ de- creasing incomes? HOW THE ANIMAL TRAINER GETS RELIEF DURING THE MOSQUITO SEASON comicbookskeom