Life, 1919-07-24 · page 11 of 40
Life — July 24, 1919 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon**: Shows a well-dressed man (center) in a street scene with various onlookers. The caption quotes someone having "a great memory" who "actually repeated the names of the authors of four musical comedies." This appears to be satirizing someone's pretentiousness—implying it's noteworthy (and thus mockable) that this person could merely recite four composers' names. **Article "Tying the Kaiser"**: Discusses a potential trial of Kaiser Wilhelm after WWI, exploring whether he could be held legally responsible for Germany's actions. The text questions jurisdiction and what charges might apply. **Bottom Cartoon**: Shows a baby carriage with large wheels next to what appears to be an airplane, captioned "The Day They Made Willie Take the Baby Out for an Airing"—likely a humorous reference to aviation safety or novelty.
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“ WONDERFUL. Trying the Kaiser F anybody is tired and tuckered out with the vast and pro- tracted labors of the war, and more lately the peace, to try the ex-Kaiser, let the sheriff and the crier do their office and the proceedings proceed. That is, if Holland will give up the body of the accused. If Holland won't, that would have to be considered. As a process of justice the trial may not amount to much, but a field of discourse and of review it may be very interesting. The charge, as we understand it, which it is pro- posed to bring William up against, is not that he has broken any existing formal criminal statute that was bind- ing on him, but rather of being a uni- versal hoodlum on a scale of such magnitude as to have measurable calamity. So far as one hears, William is much the same as he always was. At last accounts he was in consultation with not too induced _im- “LIFE~ my i 4 eH | fil Mf “HE HAS A GREAT MEMORY, HASN'T HE?” WHY, HE ACTUALLY REPEATED THE NAMES OF THE COMEDIES.” his lawyer over the prospect of keep- ing his properties in Germany. Noth- ing seems likely to do him much good ; nothing can do him much harm, but it would probably interest the newspaper readers of the world to have his ex- ploits brought out and discussed and some estimate made of their ethical or iit AUTHORS OF FOUR MUSICAL criminal quality. If his errors have been such as are intolerably culpable even in a king, court findings to that effect might be had to advantage. And it would be interesting to get a court's opinion on his sanity, and to know whether he is Germany or Germany for him. responsible for THE DAY THEY MADE WILLIE TAKE THE BABY OUT FOR AN AIRING comicbooks.com