Life, 1915-12-23 · page 28 of 40
Life — December 23, 1915 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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**The Cartoon**: The sketch titled "The Girl Who Said She'd Wait for Him to Grow Up" depicts a domestic scene where a man stands alone on the left (appearing discontented), while a woman in an elegant dress embraces another man on the right. The visual joke suggests the woman did *not* wait—she married someone else while the first man was figuratively or literally still "growing up" (maturing/becoming successful). **The Articles**: Two separate opinion pieces address serious political topics: 1. **"Aristocracy Will Rule"** references Dr. David Starr Jordan's prediction about the coming century's central struggle: whether hereditary aristocracy or democracy will prevail. The writer argues true merit-based "aristocracy" (talented leaders) should govern, not effete inherited elites. 2. **"Ought to Be a Hanging Matter"** discusses six German nationals indicted for conspiracy to destroy munitions-carrying ships. The author argues their potential sentences (fines and imprisonment) are inadequate for what amounts to attempted mass murder of civilian passengers, proposing capital punishment instead. This appears to reflect pre-WWI or WWI-era American concerns about German sabotage operations.
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THE GIRI. WHO SAID SHE'D WAIT FOR HIM TO GROW UP Ansstocracy Will Rule In closing Dr. (David Starr) Jor- dan prophesied that the greatest struggle of the next fifty years will be to determine whether the men of the aristocracy shall regain their waning power or whether democracy shall rule the world. —Daily Paper. B! S the good man; did he say that? Aristocracy of a sort will always rule the world. The struggle is to get the true aristocracy on the job and to keep shuffling the effete aristocracy back into the pack. Demos is a fool, but constantly produces wise children ca- pable of taking charge of their parent. Ought to Be a Hanging Matter IX Teutons are under indictment at this writing by the Federal grand jury, charged with conspiracy to de- stroy at sea vessels carrying munitions from this country. If convicted they are liable to fines of $10,000 and to ten years’ imprisonment in the Federal penitentiary. But what these prisoners are ac- cused of attempting is murder, and murder on a large scale, since some of the vessels conspired against have been liners carrying passengers. Fine and imprisonment seems an inadequate penalty for so large an indiscretion as these men are accused of contriving. It must be made a hanging offense to put bombs on ships. comicbooks.com