Life, 1915-06-24 · page 14 of 45
Life — June 24, 1915 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page combines satirical commentary with editorial pieces from what appears to be WWI-era Life magazine. **Top cartoon**: A man desperately reaches toward a woman representing "success" or "prosperity" (holding a dollar sign), while standing at a cliff's edge. The satire mocks those pursuing wealth recklessly or without regard for consequences. **Bottom left illustration**: Shows a crowd bowing before a tall figure—likely satirizing blind obedience or mob mentality, with the caption "Ah! Here Comes Another D—— Fool." **Right photograph**: A man suspended from a building's exterior, illustrating the article "Life-saving Dogs" about French military dogs finding wounded soldiers. **Articles address**: Dogs' military utility, German-Americans' conflicted loyalties during wartime, and brief observations on weddings. The content reflects WWI anxieties about loyalty, utility, and social divisions.
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7s eee: Got i IN HIGH Life-saving Dogs The French Government is using a number of dogs for the purpose of finding wounded on the battlefields. It is said that they find many men who have crawled into shelter after being wounded and might otherwise be easily overlooked, especially at night.—News item, A’? so the dog adds one more to the manifold proofs of its usefulness and its friendship for mankind. Yet it is not enough, perhaps, to make the vivisectors pause. The procession of dogs into the serum-poison laboratories will continue undiminished. Many of these identical life- savers may come to their end in the torture chamber. A handsome reward, to be sure. But what of that? The scrum mania, like other manias, is no respecter of either dogs or persons. German-Americans and War HE case of our German-Americans is simple. If we get into the war with Germany, those of them who are Germans will be our enemies and those of them who are Americans will be one with the rest of us, It will be tor them to make their choice and proclaim it. But they won't be able to stay on both sides at once. Chorus of Has-beens: av! ERE COMES A WEDDING is a place where women weep because ANOTHER D— FOOL they are happy and men smile because they are sad.