Life — February 1, 1917 — page 37: what you’re looking at

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return to look again upon the’grim humor of your gleeful thrusts. There you are: “The very head and front of your offense hath this intent.” Los Angeles, California, HE trouble with Lire is that it is modern in form and ancient in spirit. it says the very latest and cleverest things about age-old and putrefying ideas. Lire could so easily keep abreast of the times—it has the wit, it has the in- come (perhaps it has too much income), it has everything except the vision. Doubtless T am prejudiced against its out- YVETTE ( Pronounced E-vet ) “For Smart Desserts” Suitable for the most formal dinner as well as the dainty luncheon, exclusive desserts or tefreshments can be made with Créme Yvette which will delight your guests. Here is a very simple and delicious sug- gestion: CREME YVETTE SPONGE by M. Gonzalez, Chef at Beach Club, Bradley, Florida. 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I do not ask of Lire that it become revolutionary—the expiring bourgeoisie is entitled to some consolation for its dying days—but I do ask that it realize that the world has grown up; that the millions of women voters, for instance, are tired of being spanked and sent to bed by nursie; that the most ardent pro- Ally wearies of peevish abuse of the Kaiser; that the medical profession con- tains a few earnest souls untainted by mercenary greed; that there are such things as uncommercially minded Jews— Jesus of Nazareth, for example. Only Bernard Shaw and Lire have taken unending license to entertain the public with their private prejudices; we have borne with both so long as they were amusing; but both, we feel, have intellects worthy of better occupation. Bernard Shaw is beginning to realize it. Will Lire? M.A, de F, Asheville, N.C. OR the same reason that I derive more enjoyment from association with a clever knave than with a trust- worthy dolt I read entertaining Lire in preference to its stupid contemporaries. My regular perusal of Lire is a desire for entertainment that is greater than my belief in the boycott of things vicious. I regard Lire as a dangerous publica- tion. Its campaign of abuse directed against officers in authority and Congress tends to destroy the confidence of the people in servants who perform their duties well. Its slurs upon the church 1770 Main Street, Rochester, N. Y. and its ministers constitute a destructive force that injures America’s religious life. Its reflections upon a section of this country and a nation of Europe are undeserved and contemptible. Its brutal unfairness to the medical profession is a blow to a group to which humanity owes a debt that cannot be repaid. Its treatment of love and home life as sub- jects of frivolity is an alarming tendency. Its disparagement of a race that has taken ‘a prominent part in the country’s devel- opment is a grave injustice to a worthy c's policy embodies much that is bad; little that is good. But there is a punch in every paragraph, a lesson in every line, delight in every drawing. Al though dangerous Lire is pleasant. There- fore my selfishness prompts me each Tuesday to swap a good dime for a bad Lire. =. “TheVanity Ciparstte in the Mirrd*t Box You Know" don't know comicbooks.com