Life, 1917-05-17 · page 14 of 35
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This page contains WWI-era American satirical content. The top cartoon "Shoulder Arms!" depicts a soldier enlisting to fight alongside the Allies, with jingoistic language about bombs and warfare. The "Anti-English Tradition" article discusses French-Canadian reluctance to support the war effort, contrasting this with America's commitment. It notes historical anti-British sentiment in Quebec persists despite the conflict. "A Member of the Family Rises to Remark" celebrates Cuba's declaration of war against Germany, calling it "one of the finest tributes" to Uncle Sam's leadership. The bottom illustration "The Muses" appears to depict various figures, possibly representing different aspects of war support or public opinion. The overall page promotes American and Allied patriotism while addressing public resistance to the war effort in certain communities.
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Shoulder Arms! WANT to be an Ally And with the Allies stand, A gun upon my shoulder, A bomb within my hand. So when this war is over And God allots the blame, 1 won't go down to Hades In everlasting shame! And is she a good house- A pippin!” Why, the poor chap has no comfort whatever! SNAPSHOT OF COMIC ARTIST SENT TO FRONT TO SKETCH ANY HUMOKOUS S THAT MAY THE FIGHTING. A Member of the Family Rises to Remark F anyone wishes to know when an orphan child who has been adopted by a kindly rich man is being well treated, watch how he acts when his guardian has been attacked. He will, without a moment's hesitation, double up his fists with all the earnestness in the world and forthwith declare war against the miscreant who has dared to threaten his guardian's interests or damaged his premises. So we say, Hail to Cuba Libre. Cuba didn’t wait. In declaring war at once against Germany she paid Uncle Sam one of the finest tributes in his whole career, HAPPEN DURING “der ae ar um!” Anti-English Tradition NE hears that the French Cana- dians are cold about the war, and certainly Quebec has furnished a much lower proportion of troops than the rest of Canada. That may seem surprising, because the war is so intensely the concern of France, But French Canada is as Roman Catholic as Ireland, and more so than France, and has its dislike, as Ireland has, for British government. Moreover, France has had something to break up her old antagonism to Eng- land, but French Canada has not, and doubtless still retains a measure of the anti-British tradition that has come down since Quebec fell to Wolfe and the English reaped where the French had planted In these States, too, especially in country districts, an anti-English tradi- tion has survived all the circumstances in which it started and all the reasons that justified it. Census-takers of the military census in Connecticut have re- ported backwoods Connecticut Yan- kees who were ready to fight for Uncle Sam, but objected to going beyond the seas, “except to fight the British.” So slowly does tradition change in rural communities, whether in Connecticut or Quebec. ESS: ended? Bette: Quite! He went up like an ammunition factory and came down like a czar! Then his career is quite THE MUSES comicbooks.com