Life, 1916-12-28 · page 15 of 41
Life — December 28, 1916 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon - "Slavery in Belgium":** This depicts colonial exploitation during Belgium's control of the Congo. The Bystander character expresses moral outrage ("What's the matter with me these days? Has my heart turned to fat?"), questioning why he's become indifferent to witnessing slavery and abuse. The cartoon critiques public apathy toward atrocities occurring in Belgian colonial territories. **Bottom Section - Social Commentary:** "Cruelty Threatened" satirizes proposed infrastructure in New York City—a car line through "Beautiful West Eighty-sixth Street." The piece questions whether residents truly want this development. "The Newer Love" is a brief comic dialogue mocking romantic affection, where Miss Gunsusta claims to "worship the very ground" her aviator "flies over"—satirizing exaggerated romantic devotion.
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B= 2 SLAVERY IN BELGIUM The Bystander: wHat’s THE MATTER WITH ME THESE DAYS? HAS MY HEART TURNED TO FAT? Cruelty Threatened UDGING from what one reads in some of the papers, there is need in New York for a Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to “ Beautiful West Eighty-sixth Street.” It is proposed to run a car-line through that street, and the owners are all yelling. Nevertheless, connection across Central Park between the East River and the North is about as urgently needed as anything that New York has not got How much do the owners of “ Beautiful West Eighty- sixth Street” want for it, anyhow? The Newer Love M SS DE STYLE: Does she think very much of that tor? Miss Gunsusta: Oh, yes. She worships the very ground he flies over. TAKING A FANCY TO HER comicbooks.com