Life, 1918-04-18 · page 13 of 40
Life — April 18, 1918 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon: "Post-Graduate Course in Espionage"** This satirical illustration shows a figure in dark clothing holding a sign reading "ENEMY ALIEN" while instructing a line of soldiers in military formation, with the U.S. Capitol visible in the background. The cartoon critiques wartime suspicion and paranoia, suggesting that "enemy aliens" were being used—or potentially could be used—to train or infiltrate American military forces. This reflects WWI-era anxieties about foreign nationals and domestic security threats. **Bottom Section: "Sky Pilots"** The illustration contrasts theoretical versus actual chaplains (military clergy), showing uniformed officers alongside civilians in a rural setting, likely commenting on the gap between idealized military religious service and wartime reality. **School Column** addresses contemporary questions about churches, hospital funding, and wartime resource allocation.
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“Re “LIFE: 633 POST-GRADUATE COURSE IN ESPIONAGE. Our Weekly School Column . Questions of the Day wy are there so many different churches, each one under enormous expense for maintenance, and all os- tensibly preaching the same God, when one would answer the same purpose? Why did the Red Cross appropriate one hundred thou- sand dollars for a research hospital in practical secrecy, and not give those who were contributing to it an oppor- tunity first to vote upon the proposition? Are the huge comic sections of the Sunday newspapers essential or non-essential? How much wheat and other food necessary to feed our boys at the front is actually being conserved by German residents in this country? Why are German plotters in this country not shot? Why should Secretary Baker return? Who can recall the name of the yoyng lady who did not write a story? 7 KE you fond of fiction?” “Dote on it—pass most of my time reading war SKY PILOTS news.” THE ACTUAL VERSUS THE THEORETICAL comicbooks.com