Life, 1915-07-01 · page 14 of 44
Life — July 1, 1915 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate satirical pieces from what appears to be WWI-era Life magazine: 1. **"Trade-mates Rebuffed"**: A brief joke about a Boston church under construction with a "no carpenters wanted" sign—likely mocking tradespeople or labor disputes. 2. **"A Safe and Sane Fourteenth of July"**: An illustration showing someone firing a cannon, celebrating Independence Day. The caption references "the fall of the Bastille," suggesting Franco-American solidarity during WWI. 3. **"Professor Usher Says"**: Commentary on a professor's argument against declaring war on Germany, suggesting American munitions production could defeat Germany without direct combat. The text critiques this view as naive regarding American industrial capacity. 4. **"From One Neighbor to Another"**: A letter-to-the-editor style piece addressing a neighbor's complaint about servant misconduct, with a dismissive tone characteristic of period class attitudes. The page reflects wartime American political debate and social commentary.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
14 Trade-mates Rebuffed O \ Chestnut Street in Boston there is a church in process of build- ing. It has a Gothic doorway, and above it a figure of Christ, seated, full of hospitable benevolence. But just below the figure, on the temporary wooden door, one reads: NO CARPENTERS WANTED! Favorable Sign ED: How are you progressing in your love affair? »: First rate. Her dog doesn’t bark at me any more when I A SAFE AND SANE FOURTEENTH OF JULY CHLERRATING THE PALL OF THE BASTILLE Professor Usher Says SOR ROLAND USHER says (as quoted in the papers) that if we want Germany to win we should go to war with her, because if we declare war we shall stop shipping ammunition to the Allies and keep all we can make for ourselves But why should we? Why should we follow a course so obviously to Germany's advantage? If we go to war with Germany we shall want her to be beaten. Th not use the most obvious means to beat her, wh is to send the Allies more ammunition than ever? So long as Germany is kept sufficiently busy in Europe she will not fire much powder at us, and we shall not need much to fire at her. It seems as if Professor Usher had a low opinion of American intelligence, but we shall see. Be we actually get into the war our production of munitions may be expected to increase. In th of six months our output will be much larger in but if the government gets in, that they are working in self- be enormous, From One Neighbor to Another EARK NEIGHBQR: I have received your note complaining that one of my servants has killed a number of your sons and daugh- ters without giving them any notice beforehand. I have already expressed my regret over the occurrence, which, I assure you, absolutely necessary. As you know, I am having some trouble with the neigh- bor on the other side of me, and your children, in company with one of my neighbor’s servants, happened to cross an imaginary line which [ had established. Also, 1 was told by a man that another man had told him that the other neighbor's servant was carrying a gun, Of course there “AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME SUCH A GooD was nothing to do but kill your children. Sorry. LITTLE GIRL, AMEN” Von Jacuar. comicbooks.com