Life, 1915-01-07 · page 14 of 44
Life — January 7, 1915 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon: "Some New Year's Resolutions"** Six figures hold signs with humorous New Year's pledges—satirizing hollow promises people make annually. The resolutions range from vague ("I'm going to be as lean as I can") to cynical ("Not going to give one cent to charity"). The cartoon mocks the predictable failure of self-improvement vows. **Articles Below:** "What Is Stronger Than Faith?" discusses American military preparedness, warning against complacency. "Enough Said" references German authorities refusing General Leman's daughter permission to visit her imprisoned father during WWI, presenting this as evidence of German brutality toward civilians. **Bottom: "Breaking the Record"** A brief humorous exchange between characters named Briggs and Griggs about summer reading.
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A AWAUSER= What Is Stronger Than Faith? “To be ready nowadays one must direct in advance methodically and tenaciously all the resources of the country, all the intelligence of its people, all their moral energy toward a single aim—victory, Everything must be organized, everything fore- seen, After hostilities have begun no improvisation will be of any use. What is lacking then is lacking once for all. And the least neglect may bring about disaster."—€en, Joffre. WE Americans know better than that. We know that to be unprepared is to be doubly armed. We have a navy and a microscopic army, both shrinking from investiga- tion. Whoever demands more than that is a jingo. Breaking the Record RIGGS: Banter is a very method- ical chap, isn’t he? Griccs: Wonderfully so. He told me that he laid out a course of read- ing for his summer vacation and actu- ally got half way through one of the books. ™ GOING Tost DiscRact To ey fl) FAMILY SOME NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Enough Said CCORDING to a dispatch in the Sun the German authorities refused per- mission to the daughter of General Leman, the heroic defender of Litge, to visit her father, who is a prisoner. The reason given was because the Belgian population had committed atrocities against the German troops and civilians. That bare statement hardly deserves any comment or elaboration or expla- nation, Standing by itself it is a sufficient enlightenment of the German char- acter as displayed in Belgium. The Angel: sav! WAVE you CHAPS ANY “GAS” TO SPARE? comichooks.cqom