Life, 1917-01-11 · page 12 of 38
Life — January 11, 1917 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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**Top Illustration ("The First First-Night"):** A surreal gathering of animals and human figures around a campfire. The scene appears allegorical—possibly representing humanity's first night or primordial gathering. A giraffe, elephant, and various other creatures observe people. The meaning is unclear without additional context. **"Kind Thoughts of Us":** Commentary on General Malléterre's Peace Proposal, sympathizing with American workers suffering from increased living costs during the war. The text requests acknowledgment that American workers deserve wage increases. **"Cardinal Mercier":** Praises the Belgian Cardinal's patriotic resistance to German occupation, noting his diplomatic skill balancing Catholic Church interests with Belgian sovereignty. **"Time Will Tell":** A small cartoon (lower right) appears to reference future consequences, though details remain unclear from the image alone.
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THE FIRST FIRST-NIGHT Kind Thoughts of Us y sedulously secks and greatly desires. The Cardinal LONG! ot the ‘Pees Proposal, ‘General! Maneierce ‘HAS Nad to temper hisizeal as:a'patriot with hisidiserction } as a primate, and that he has performed this difficult task (Frenchman) was quoted as saying: successfully is evidenced by the high favor with which he is regarded in both Catholic Rome and Protestant London Belgium is fortunate in her plucky and energetic Cardinal. J. B. Kennedy. We are aware that certain neutrals are suffering through the war. Our thoughts are often with the American people, with the American workmen who are enduring a marked increase in the cost of living. We are grateful to them. But the Allies who are fighting for a humanitarian peace are suffering still more. We appreciate these words of sympathy from our good friend. Will someone please break it to him that the Amer- ican workmen are enduring not only a marked increase in the cost of living but a ditto in wa and that the fittest objects of his kind thought are persons on salaries which have not been raised and the American newspapers and periodicals, which have to pay so much too much for paper. Cardinal Mercier 'O man has ever grappled more bravely with the horns of a dilemma than Cardinal Mercier of Belgium As f the Cath with and for the atican, whose favor TIME WHA TELL comichooksfeom