Life, 1914-10-15 · page 3 of 48
Life — October 15, 1914 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The main feature is an advertisement for the **Angelus Player-Piano**, marketed as "Your Royal Road to Music." The accompanying illustration shows hands playing the device, emphasizing its ability to enable musical performance without training. A small dialogue piece titled "Clearing Up a Mystery" discusses **World War I causes**, specifically debating why various nations entered the conflict. Characters reference the assassination of the Austrian Crown Prince and discuss Belgium's neutrality and England's military response—typical of American WWI-era discussions about European geopolitics. Below is an advertisement for **Holstein milk**, promoting its digestibility for infants and adults. The page reflects early 20th-century American consumer culture and wartime discourse.
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Clearing Up a Mystery HAT 1, don’t understand,” said the girl under the velvet bowl, why they went to war in the first place “Oh, that's easy,” replied the girl under the goura spray; “it was caused by the assassination of the Austrian Crown Prince.” “Yes, I understand that, of course.” said the velvet bowl, “and I suppose the Pan-Slavs just had to be put down, but I don’t sce why Belgium should be treated so dreadfully.’ “Well, you see, my dear, that is only hecause Belgium was neutral. “What a pity, isn’t it? If Belgium had only not been neutral. I suppose that is what England tried to do. Hasn't England been superb?” “Hasn't she? I love Sir Edward Grey “He was the one who did so mucl: for Belgium, wasn’t he? Still, I don’t understand even now why they went to war in the first place.” “Well, you see, they couldn't help . because Germany is so military.” “And I suppose Belgium being new 1 made it all the harde “Of course, as I understand it, when neutral country meets one intense military country, war must follow.” “Isn't it dreadful?” * Terrible!” Mr. Bincna: Why did that woman keep you standing at the door for half an hour? His Tarxative Wire: She said she hadn't time to come —Pearson's Weekly. Almost Any Infant or Adult Can Digest Holstein Milk The leading specialists agree that most disorders asso- cated with infant feeding (or adult feeding on a mille Ge) arise from the indigestibility of milk overcharged with fat or cream. The fat globules in such milk are always large and sequently slow to digest. In the milk of other cows, the fat globules are, 2.7 times larger than the fat globules 4 Holstein Cows’ milk. Expressed graphically, the teative size would be about as follow: @ Max wits targe Fat Globutes @ Holstein Fat Globules. Aed that isn't the only difference. In addition ‘inate size, the fat globules in Holstein Cows’ t. easily broken up and readily assimilated Ueestive Auids of even undeveloped or w: womachs, In view of these facts. it is easy t rty endorsement that the medical frat 1 jy The Story of Holstein M s conclusive evidence of these points. Infinite Deficits I s to wish that our contemporaries would cease reminding us of the deficits, past and potential, in our Postoffice Department. Such reminiscences do no good They only serve to conjure up thoughts of those greater losses which we suffer in our social activities. Take our streets, for instance. They are all deficit, an absolute total loss from a hookkeeping standpoint. Then there are the public schools and the fire department and the police department and the army and navy departments and the like, all total losses—everything going out and nothing coming in. HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION | E. 0. J. 2X American Building Brattleboro, Vt. | 7 . comicbooks.com