Life, 1915-08-19 · page 17 of 48
Life — August 19, 1915 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"A Rare Find"** mocks American clergy's obsession with commenting on World War I. A church committee seeking an "original" pastor celebrates finding the only clergyman in America who *hasn't* preached about how to manage the war—positioning abstention from this trendy commentary as rare virtue. **"No Lockjaw By Vaccination"** attacks anti-vaccination propagandists. It cites Dr. Anderson's claim that vaccine-caused lockjaw is actually wound infection, not vaccine injury. Life sarcastically questions the anti-vaccinationists' credibility while acknowledging bereaved parents' legitimate grief—suggesting their emotional pain is being exploited by pseudoscientific arguments. **"The New Louvain"** references Germany's plan to rebuild the Belgian city of Louvain (destroyed during WWI occupation). Life sardonically suggests any German reconstruction would fittingly commemorate German atrocities—"showing Germans shooting down defenseless citizens or blowing women and children to pieces." **"Foregone Conclusion"** is a brief legal joke: a lawyer confidently proves his client sane because opposing psychiatrist-witnesses are "professional alienists"—implying their expertise makes them unreliable.
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i I Aha i iN) “TAM IN THE SEVENTH HEAVEN OP DELIGHT. I HAVE MET THE ONLY MAN I EVER LOVED.” “WHAT? A Rare Find “WE must have an original mind.” The chairman of the committee appointed to secure a new pastor looked keenly at the latest applicant, whose confident smile reassured everybody. “Yes,” continued the chairman, “our congregation demands it. Our pastor must be entirely different from AGAIN?” any other. can suit us? “Because,” replied the applicant, while a low murmur of applause got ready to burst from the committee, “although I have been preaching every Sunday for the past year, I am the only clergyman in the country who has not preached a single ser- mon explaining just how the present war should be managed.” Why do you think you 321 No Lockjaw By Vaccination The largest gun in the battery of the anti-vaccinationists is spiked by Dr. John F. Anderson, Director of the United States Public Health Service. In a report made up from the results of thirteen years of care- ful investigation Dr. Anderson as- serts that no case of lockjaw has ever been caused by smallpox vaccine virus. Invariably where tetanus has followed vaccination it has come from infection of the wound. —New York World. ZS, of course. But the interesting fact is that it follows vaccination. Parents whose children have died after being vaccinated will find poor consolation in Dr. Anderson's theory. Tell us, Brother World, who is the “scientist” that writes this stuff for you? The New Louvain HAT Germany should be under- taking to spend several millions in order to make over Louvain ac- cording to the standards of Kultur is not surprising. It would, however, probably take more romantic imagina- tion than Germany has at present to do justice to the subject. The new Louvain would be decorated with ap- propriate statues, showing Germans shooting down defenseless citizens or Llowing women and children to pieces. Foregone Conclusion “you seem certain you'll be able to prove your client is sane” “Yes,” replied the lawyer. “The only witnesses the other side has are professional alienists.” TYPOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING GERMAN OPEN (WIDE) COVERED BY TWO- POINT ANGLO-SAXON