Life — September 13, 1917 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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A Partial Accounting EX. In the Kaiser's shrine A Zep commander killed a Then there were nine, Iron Cre Nine Iron Crosses On the Kaiser's slate: A Prussian sank a Red Cross ship Then there were cight. Fight Iron Crosses On the Kaiser’s knee: Five Huns invented poison gas: Then there were three. Three Iron Crosses On the royal Hun: Three Germans shelled a France: Then there were none. FAIR ¥ dreadful! last three years longer! Ye Usrain Kxocke: Possibly that will give you time to finish one of those socks you are knitting for the soldiers church in KNITTER: Isn't it They say the war may L TELL YOU WHAT, NICODEMUS, WE'VE ONE THING TO RE THANKFUL FOK —Nowovy WILL EVER Ca,L Us ‘cuTE!” 417 Uncle Sam The Good Fairies: guick! WHERE ARE WHY SO IMPETUOUS? YOUR SWORD WILL BF. RE MY WEAPONS? WY IN DECEMBER, YOUR SPEAR BEFORE SPRING AND YOUR HORSE WHEN WE GET HIM. Why Many Are Holding Back The question the United States have xot to answer, and to answer quickly, however, is a much more serious one; it about the drafts? These drafts, it must be remembered, is, How are not going to be composed of a lot of boys so anxious to get to the front that they will submit to inoculation at the hands of non-commissioned officers and vaccination at the hands of medical recruits. They will be going to serve their country willingly from a of duty, but that will not extend to being poi and paralyzed in the name seneral immunity, Christian Science Monitor, WEKWARD questions. In times of peace a citizen: may chose his own medical treatment. But sense of sense duty “material” for periment, and dangerous experiments at that. ny thousand men would prefer a soldier hecomes the chances of a German bullet to the filthy stuff shot into them by the doc- tors. Two-Per-Cent. Beer HE papers say Hoover is going in for two-per-cent. beer. If the beer-drinkers like it, nohody should object But the Prohibitionists will object, of course. The difference them and Hoover is that he is working for man- kind, between nd they for prohibition. PROBLEM: Which will disappear from the earth first—kings or food? comicbooks.com