Life, 1918-04-04 · page 11 of 40
Life — April 4, 1918 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**Top Illustration:** A social gathering showing a woman flirting with a Bishop (clergy figure in dark robes), with the caption suggesting her grandmother is "actually flirting with the bishop" and implying she enjoys his "innocence." This satirizes wealthy society women's behavior and hypocrisy regarding clergy and morality. **"Yours Is Coming, William!" Section:** A commentary on William Hohenzollern (Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany). The text expresses relief that Russia's peace treaty allows admiration of "God's hand in history," while sarcastically suggesting William should "rest on his knees" as divine judgment approaches him—a pointed reference to Germany's expected military defeat. **Bottom Comic:** A domestic scene about someone named "Mr. Fig" talking on a telephone about a movie ("crocky"), mocking lowbrow entertainment culture.
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“YOUR GRANDMOTHER IS ACTUALLY FLIRTING WITH THE BIsHop.” “WELL, AFTER HER EXPERIENCES WITH ALL THOSE YOUNG COLLEGE FELLOWS, I SUPPOSE SHE ENJOYS control there should be possible a em of drink regulation that imize evils without shutting proper will mi down ignorantly and foolishly on all intoxicants and rating as poison all drinks that contain any alcohol. The wine-growers ought to be en- couraged, the distillers restrained, the brewers wisely and honestly regulated. It is hard to do it, but after the country trial of the water- wagon, it may again seem worth while to make the attempt. To shut off de- cent people from claret or beer with their dinners in New York because rascals sell bad gin to negroes in Ala- bama, and because the American sa- has made a loon is a nuisance, is not sensible. A way must be found to get rid of the fleas without killing the dog. ELS. M. THE BISHOP'S INNOCENCE.” Yours Is Coming, William! AD as things are, it is impossible not to smile at William Hohenzol- lern, Of the Russian peace he said: The complete victory fills me with gratitude, It permits us to live again one of those great moments in which we can reverently admire God's hand in history Did a more sanctimonious scoundrel ever cut a throat? Ah, William! You rest on the knees of the gods, and far from safely. Any moment, over you may go, face down, and our turn will come to admire God's hand in history, applied with emphasis where it will do most good HERE is no cure for intelligence like an hour at the “movies.” [NAF Fane Gresece “HELLO! IS THIS THE GROCERY? WELL, THIS 1S MR. OF TRUFFLES, BUSHEL PNPENSE! MONEY!” VM WORTIL TALKING. AND AU. SEND UP A DARN THE KINDS OF comicbooks.com