Life, 1915-02-04 · page 11 of 44
Life — February 4, 1915 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains satirical content about World War I-era attitudes toward Germans. **Top Cartoon**: Shows wealthy Americans preparing for an exclusive dinner, with servants arranging elaborate clothing and accessories scattered about. The caption "Half an Hour Before Their Impressive Entrance at a Very Exclusive Dinner" satirizes social pretension. **"Huns or Not, as Ordered"**: The main article mocks American attitudes toward Germans, specifically referencing Kaiser Wilhelm and German soldiers. It critiques propaganda describing Germans as "Huns" (comparing them to Attila's forces) and satirizes military discipline. The piece calls out misleading war reporting by *American Magazine*, calling it "a bad story; untrue, misleading, foolish." **Bottom cartoon**: Titled "Fashions in Furs," appears unrelated fashion commentary.
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HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THEIR IMPRESSIVE ENTRANCE AT A VERY EXCLUSIVE DINNER Huns or Not, as Ordered Let the people cf America know that we are not Huns and barbarians—General von Heeringen. AX? send word also to the Kaiser, General; to the Kaiser who charged his soldiers starting for China to comport themselves like Attila’s Huns so that China would remember them a thousand years. The impression we get of German soldiers, based on six months of observation, General, is that they are Huns or not, according to orders. They have the efficiency of insects—as somebotly says—and, apparently, no more com- punction than so many ants. TH pacifist lunacy, more or less epidemic just now, is well illustrated in Brother Baker’s “ Last Phase of the Great War”, in Brother J. Phillips’s American Magazine. Mush, Brother Phillips!’ A bad story; untrue, mislead- ing, foolish. FASHIONS IN FURS “STRIPES ARE NO LONGER POPULAR IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES”