Life, 1919-10-09 · page 12 of 48
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This satirical piece concerns **Prince Aura of Siam**, nephew of the Siamese king, who contracted deadly measles while studying in Boston. The article expresses alarm that this "Boston accent" (the disease) threatens to invade England. The satire mocks American anxiety about foreign contamination. The two illustrations show **Mrs. Stout** before and after climbing six flights of stairs daily for six months—a weight-loss regimen. The caption "In a Few Years" jokes that her transformation is as unlikely as the prince's recovery. The "Following in His Footsteps" section quotes President Wilson on League of Nations voting, with a comic exchange between "Hewitt" and "Jewitt" about whether granting voting rights requires government approval—likely satirizing confusion over Wilson's diplomatic authority and domestic political constraints.
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LIFE A Sad Case Lok” IN newspapers are again expressing alarm over the threatened invasion of England by the Boston accent. This time the carrier is neither a ck Bay ad- venturer nor an exchange pro- fessor from Harvard, but a Siam- ese prince, Arthiti Arra, nephew of the king of Siam, who contracted the deadly malady while studying im a Boston school. Seeking to complete his education, and wholly innocent of the disaster that 1 befallen him, the unfortunate your COMING MIGHT POWS ince arrived recently in Eng Phere it was discovered that, sides a well developed Boston accent, Prince Arra—who, it is said, answers to his name only when it is pronounced th—-ha-a—had in some way fallen victim also to “the manner of the mnians,” rendering his presence in the tight little isle a source of still further anxiety to the in- habitants. Keports from England have it. however, that the prince was ureatly benefited by the sea voyage, and that since his arrival he has been under the constant care and observation of specialists, whe are hopeful of pulling him through without resorti to an operation. Recently IN A FEW YEARS he was observed to go to a tele ne and ~ Are 1 IWS AN AWFULLY CUTE LITTLE PLANE, HENRY WOULDN'T RE ROOM IN IT FOR THE CHILDREN AND Pox MOTHER WHEN SHE VISITS Us with hardly a trace of the eld accent in his voice This raises high hopes of his ultimate recovery, although it is admitted that the manner of the Bo much more difficult disease to deal with, In fact, medical men say that jew, if any, persons thus afilicted have ever been completely or permanently cured, Following in His Footsteps GPEARING of what our represen atives in the League of Nations would do, President Wilson said in his ianapolis speech For I need not tell yo representatives of the gover oft United States would 1 without instructions their © ern t at home Fi ving, of course, the example of President Wilson's frank and oper negotiations in Paris EWITT: Gruet isn’t much Jewitt: No, he wouldn't have MKS, STOUT, HEFOKE MOVING MKS, STOUT, AFTER DOING FIVE P he art any excuse for living if the part SIXTH FLOOR OF A “NO ELEVA’ RUIL IGHTS OF STAIRS DAILY FOR SIN NG 70 REDUCT oni didn’t need his vote comicbooks.coma{)