Life — December 18, 1913 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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per a! tl er! $6.04) Hail, Memphis, Hail ! F you want to be murdered, your very best chance is Memphis, Tenn. In 1912 Memphis had a rate of sixty-four homicides per hundred thou- sand inhabitants. That was forty-three times as many as Philadelphia, for in- stance. Why Philadelphia should be so low is really no more apparent than why Memphis should be so high. Per- haps it pays to be slow and to have a name which means brotherly love. Memphis’s southernness seems to have a little to do with the case, because Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, Atlanta and Nashville are next in or- der with homicidal records very much in excess of those of the northern cities. The most dangerous competi- tor of Memphis is Atlanta, for At- lanta’s rate of increase is very much greater than that of any other city. Reading, Pa, had no homicides in 1912. Is that proof of an umbilical connection between anthracite coal and respect for human life? Milwaukee had comparatively .few killings. Was that due to beer or Socialism? This is a point on which brewers and Social- ists will have difficulty in agreeing. Chicago’s rate is fifty per cent higher than New York’s, but of course it would be a bit invidious to speak of that. And that’s just the trouble with these disturbing statistics. They create so much hard feeling. And they start so many arguments which can’t pos- sibly have conclusions because the truth of an adverse conclusion is never admitted. E.0.J. T caut, with all the earnestness that I can muster, upon all intelligent, observ-" ant, speculative people who have felt the problems of life weigh heavily upon them, not to be dismayed by the disapproval of technical students, but to come forward and tell us what conclusions they have formed. —From“ At Large”, by A. C. Benson. ~ WHY NOT MAKE CHRISTMAS PRESENT barrel containing 10 dozen bottles of good old vans’ Ale bstantial, sensible and enjoyable Christmas New Years’ Gift that prolongs good cheer nduces real fireside comfort and remembrance. t+ Nearest Dealer or C. H. EVANS & SONS, Hedsen, N.Y. HEN you lift the Bell Telephone receiver from the hook, the doors jof the nation open for you. Wherever you may be, a multitude is within reach of your voice. As easily as you talk across the room, you can send your thoughts and words, through the open doors of Bell Service, into near-by and far-off states and communities. At any hour of the day or night, you can talk instantly, directly with whom you choose, one mile, or a hundred, or two thousand miles away. The Telephone Doors of the Nation This is possible because 7,500,000 telephones, in every part of our country, are connected and work to- gether in the Bell System to promote the interests of the people within the community and beyond its limits. It is the duty of the Bell System to make its service universal, giving to everyone the same privilege of talking anywhere at any time. Because as the facilities for direct communication are extended, the people of our country are drawn closer together, and national welfare and contentment are promoted. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy Universal Service “SPEED UP A LITTLE, JIM. HP'S GAINING ON US.” comicbooks.com