Life, 1918-01-24 · page 14 of 40
Life — January 24, 1918 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical cartoons about German immigration to America, likely from the early 20th century. The top panel shows Germans arriving as immigrants ("Some Are Born Germans") contrasted with those who "acquire" German identity through naturalization. The lower cartoons mock German militarism and aggression. One panel shows a German soldier wielding a large club menacingly while others cower, captioned "While Others Have Germans Thrust Upon Them." This satirizes German imperial ambitions as threatening to peaceful nations. The accompanying text discusses naval discipline and military order, using anecdotes to satirize overly rigid authority structures—likely referencing German military culture as emblematic of authoritarianism versus democratic values. The satire suggests American anxiety about German immigration and military expansion during a period of international tension.
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134 lapped it up like a kitten does cream. But one year, when I was fourteen, I stole off, unknown to you, with some other fellows, and we established a wireless station ina little hut off in the hills. And I learned how to give and receive mes over the wire better than the rest of them, although I was careful not to let you know anything about it, for fear that I would be discredited, and you might say that I was taking time away from my academic studies. Well, the other day I enlisted as a_ private. But when they came to question me and to find out what I could really do, I sur- prised the whole bunch of them by my expert knowledge of a practical thing. The result is that they have given me a job that brings me in more salary than you ever got. Proressor: Well, what has this to do with me? Tue § Simply this: You are in good condition, and I want to give you a real job for once in your life. I need an orderly. Come, pop, and take the job. Believe me when I say that six months in France with me will make a man of you! A Form of Logic speaking of the order which made the navy dry, Mrs. Daniels said: “A young Quaker officer was court- martialed and reduced for intoxica His uncle came and severely upbraided my husband, saying the young man never had touched drink before enter- ing the navy, and learned to drink there. My husband thereupon issued the order which made the navy dry.” Should a sailor fall overboard and drown, would Mr. Daniels forbid all other sailors going to sea? If a middy has a toothache, would he draw the teeth of all the admirals? He might. There are minds that move in a mys- terious way their wonders to perform. INGS: I suppose you are lool:ing for an early peace. Newty ComMissionep Lieutenant: I should say not! It'll take me a year to break even with the cost of my forms. SOME J ene WHILE OTHERS ARE ty & ces E: RMANS