Life, 1917-09-20 · page 33 of 40
Life — September 20, 1917 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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**Main Content: Political Satire** The left column contains a continuation of "The Reason for Reprisals," a biting satire on German militarism during World War I. A Kaiser figure justifies brutal retaliatory measures—executing American prisoners, bombing orphanages and cathedrals, deporting Belgian civilians, attacking rescue boats—as justified response to American actions. The satire exposes the absurdity and inhumanity of such "logic," mocking both the Kaiser's complacency and his decoration with medals afterward. **Bottom Cartoon: Medical Satire** A doctor tells an editor that fumigation doesn't prevent contagion after years of use. The editor responds he'll report it as an "astonishing achievement of medical science"—satirizing how news outlets sensationalize or misrepresent scientific findings for headlines, regardless of actual truth. **Right Side:** Tiffany & Co. advertisement (standard period content). The page reflects WWI-era American skepticism toward German militarism and contemporary frustration with media misrepresentation.
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The Reason for Reprisals ] (Continued from page 471) their barbar: he told the foreign minister sternly. “ Repugnant as is the thought to me, we must make reprisals on them, Kindly issue orders to shoot all the gun-crews which we have cap- tured from American merchantmen, | seize all supplies sent into Belgium by the American Red Cross, bomb a } couple of English orphan asylums, sink | TI F C wells, destroy a French cathedral, de- port another twenty thousand Belgis women and order our submarine com- | manders to fire on all open boats which ; ' seck to escape from torpedoed vessels. JEWELRY That should do a little toward punish- SILVERWARE ‘ing the Americans for their bestial in- STATIONERY humani Joyfully the foreign minister has- tened away to do his master’s biddin; while the Kaiser, smiling complacently, iiss sys NOTED FOR QUALITY decorated himself ——— St. Gabriel and $ pounds of Iron Crosses of the first class. KLL.R, ba THOS,” exclaimed d’Artagnan, EFFICIENT SERVICE BY MAIL as the famous guardsmen were seated about the table consuming a kage bottle of Chateau d’'Y quem, “1 know } what's the matter with the Cardinal. FIFTH AVENUE & 37@! STREET He lacks a se: ’ licd the pol- NEW YorK “ That's casi ished and crafty Aramis. “We'll spend a louis d'or to have Lire sent to him for a year.” Fists. For Girl or Boy Here is the marvel of the Penn Automat too, will enjoy this we 3 | The PENNTOY AUTOMAT ches high, strongly built of beaiitifully hed lithographed steel, free f et and sand. Works ovtomatically—can't get out of order. Put marbles in house at top, start th hen watch the zip, speed which they pass cach other by. tructive—only $1 upto Doctor (to editor): We've DISCOVERED THAT FUMIGATION, AFTER BEING IN USE FOR YEARS, DOES NOT PREVENT CONTAGION. Editor: Coop! WoW SHALL 1 HEAD THE STORY? “OM, THE USUAL Way ASTONISHING ACHIEVEMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. comicbooks.com XUM