Life, 1916-10-19 · page 9 of 42
Life — October 19, 1916 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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The top cartoon, captioned "Why Don't You Say Good Morning to Your Father?", depicts a family dinner scene where an animal (likely a bear, possibly representing Germany or Prussian militarism) sits at the table. This satirizes German-American relations during WWI era—the "father" appears to represent America's traditional alignment, while the presence of the beast suggests tension over whether America should remain neutral or choose sides. The bottom cartoon shows a figure labeled "BERLIN" dancing with a child, captioned with verses about "cirrhosis, nerves or tetter." This likely mocks German propaganda or influence on American youth/public opinion. Both cartoons reflect pre-WWI American debate over neutrality and anti-German sentiment, using animal and personification imagery to satirize international political tensions.
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AS THE FAMILY SEES HIM “WHY DON’T YOU SAY GOOD MORNING TO YOUR FATHER?” United States towards the war in Eu- rope, and they felt that Mr. Hughes would be merely another neutral like Mr. Wilson. But in the course of the campaign Mr. Hughes has gradually defined their issue for them. Now it has become as clear as day that he is not a neutral like Mr. Wilson but the one to whom the Hyphens look to punish the man who would not take their side nor tol- erate their treacherous activities. What will the Tribune do with its Tron Cross if it manages to elect Mr. Hughes? What will the Colonel and Mr. Ba- con and Mr. Wickersham and Mr. Gardner do with theirs? Holy smoke, how mad they will all be! How mad they must be getting even now! Our Ohio friend has had his remit- tance returned to him and his subscrip- tion cancelled, That much Lire can do for him and does it willingly. More than that it offers him its sympathy be- cause’of the predicament in which he finds himself, an anti-Prussian, con- vinced that so he should be, and yet lined up with all the Hyphens in Cin- cinnati to beat the candidate that the pro-Prussians don’t want. E.S.M. Time [ossmuce as nothing is ever lost, but is only re-formed, then time must of necessity be only a new com- bination of atoms, Time is non- existent, yet to gain it the general sac- rifices thousands of human lives in battle, and countless human beings spend countless gold on worthless remedies to lengthen their days. Time is the volatile depository of all things. It makes you happy and unhappy, and is indeed a saturated solution of events. We save time to waste it, and in wasting it we save it. We spend our time in order that we may have it, and in having it we spend it. With- out it we are always wishing we had it, and when we have it we kill it ARCUS O'PTUTT wisely observes that if the things we learn af the mother’s knee were always welded into er the father’s knee our later- ization would be more efficient. shape 0 day civ 659 Where Experience Fails to Teach HE New York Times tells us: Officials of the Health Depart- ment resented yesterday a published story that vaccination was a cause of infantile paralysis. The story came from the /ti-Vaccination League’s Headquarters in_ Philadel- phia, and quoted at some length the secretary of the League, Porter F. Cope. Commissioner of Health Haven Emerson laughed when asked his opinion of the merits of the report. “The theory of the cause of in- fantile paralysis as advanced by the Anti-Vaccination League merits no serious consideration,” he _ said. “The Department of Health is not even considering the matter,” This is good news. When the De- partment of Health does consider a matter it can lead to public disaster. Certain combinations of excessive wis- dom and authority work a lot of evil. The recent infantile paralysis panic, originated by the Health Department, is an impressive example. The fact that vaccination is often the cause of infant paralysis, typhoid and smallpox has not yet pierced even the outer fortifications of the Health Department consciousness. But it will—some day. * Fare thee well, Fare thee well, Fare thee well, my former lay; For I'm on to something better Than cirrhosis, nerves or tetter— Singing poliomyelitis all the day!” comicbooks.com