Life, 1918-08-29 · page 10 of 34
Life — August 29, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon ("Liberal Spirits"):** A grandmother confronts a boy about a black eye, implying he received it in a fight. The boy claims it was a "present from another fellow in exchange for one I gave him"—a veiled reference to reciprocal violence or conflict. The caption satirizes pacifist ideology by highlighting the contradiction between professed non-violence and actual physical altercations. **Main Article ("Pacifists Sell Out"):** Criticizes the sale of the *Evening Post* newspaper to Thomas Lamont. The text describes how the Villard family, pacifist owners, reluctantly sold the paper during WWI, abandoning their anti-war editorial stance. The article suggests financial pressures compromised pacifist principles—a satirical jab at perceived hypocrisy among peace advocates during wartime.
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ther: Wy il} LW LIBERAL SPIRITS WHY, WILLIE, WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR RLACK FY “IT WAS A PRESENT FROM ANOTHER FELLOW IN EXCHANGE FOR ONE 1 GAVE HIM.” Pacifists Sell Out sale of the Post to ont was a ening Thomas L: welcome relief, though somewhat tardy, It had understood time that the Villards eady to sell the paper whenever buyer appeared. They t,and mainta {sno} been for some tory meant well by the Pos its standards faithfully in many par- ticulars; but when the great war came along the control of that venerable pa- nbative traditions, by a inherited the non-re- ined per, with its c family that hg sistant prepossessions of William Lloyd Garrison became a tragedy. Though the Villard sons were half German, the Post declared against the German intentions from the start. It never was pro-German, but it was fatally pacifist, opposing everything that favored, or could lead up to, this country's partici- pation in the war, When we finally got in, the jig was up, and after that, we helieve, Mr. Oswald Villard and_ his relatives ceased all attempts to direct the policy of the paper. Of course, though, the Villard own- ership had come to be a heavy stone tied to the Post's neck, and on all ac- counts it was wise to terminate it. The sale to Mr. Lamont, whose lamented brother had been the paper's managing editor, and the deposit of control in the hands of three well-known trus- tees, scems a very satisfactory arrange- ment, HOOVER HINT: old shoes throw In throwing a bride, be sure to pairs. She may need them. Also, throw the rice in bags. White silk bags worked with cupids are very effective, and in this way not a grain of rice is spilled. FIRST NIGHTERS comicbooks.com