Life, 1915-10-14 · page 15 of 44
Life — October 14, 1915 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Section ("How It Is Done"):** Cartoon illustrations depicting cats in various stretching and contorted positions, followed by images of a human woman stretching and a couple (bride and groom). This appears to be a humorous visual comparison suggesting humans imitate cat behavior, or commentary on physical flexibility/contortion. **Bottom Section ("Germans, Welcome"):** Political satire criticizing a proposed immigration bill targeting Germans. The text debates whether exclusionary legislation would prevent "German-Americans" from conducting themselves improperly, referencing Germans who arrived after 1848. **"The Right Place" Dialogue:** A satirical exchange about government control of natural resources and "national disturbances," with a punchline about a skeleton family ("the family skeleton has to be allowed to perpetuate itself"). The cartoon illustrates these concepts with a domestic interior scene, likely mocking government overreach or hypocrisy regarding immigration policy.
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Germans, Welcome HE German-Americans have so conducted themselves that a new immigration bill will probably be introduced next winter.—Hapgood's Harper's Weekly. A bill to what effect? To exclude immigrants from Germany? That would not be kind to the anti- Prussian Germans, who may want to escape. Certainly we want no more “Ger- man-Americans,” but if we got another lot like the Germans who came here after '48 we might be gainers. The Right Place “VOU say that you believe in gov- ernment control of all natural resources?” “Yes. But I carry it farther than that. I include all national disturb- ances.” “Where would you begin?” “With the Colonel.” HOW IT IS DONE OH, CERTAINLY THE FAMILY SKELETON HAS TO BE ALLOWED TO PERPETUATE ITSELF