Life — April 28, 1927 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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ARRAN DID. Steeplejack: wey, BILL, THIS WHOLE BLAMED SPIRE 18 LOOSE; THROW ME ur A COUPLE OF NAILS, March of Events “T HAVEN'T seen a news- paper for three weeks. Anything important happen while I was gone?” “Andy Gump yelled ‘Oh, Min!" twenty-two times; Jiggs got hit nine times with a rolling- pin, and Jeff said ‘Glub’ when Mutt whammed him with a goldfish bowl.” Life Retrospect the tenth anniversary of the O ntrance of the United States into the World War, Lire, in common with many other publications, asked a selected list of prominent men to give an expression of opinion on the results of the Great Conflict. Instead, however, of asking Mr. Burleson or Mr. Danicls, we picked men whose as- sociation with the War and its effects was a little more intimate. Henry A. Garronx (Manufacturer of Uniform Cloth): I can not too heartily endorse the results of America’s _participa- tion in the World War. Ten years ago it looked as if we never were going to be able to have that extension built on our house at Eels’ Rocks. To-day we have not only the extension, but a very graceful little cht named Belleau Wood in honor of the occasion which helped make all this possible. Grorae M. Wurrson (Director of Publicity, U. S. Zinc Corp.) : The en- trance of the United ates into the World War ten years ago was a move of almost uncanny sagacity. I was at the time a newspaper corre- spondent at a nomi- nal salary. By dint of sacrificing my health and time to the Liberty Loan drives and other war campaigns, I became known as the White Whirlwind of Propaganda and, at the conclusion of the War to Stop Wars, I was offered the post which I hold now. I should say that the results of “The Big Parade” (as I called the War) justified the effort in every respect. Tue Very Rev. Joun B. Bastom (Pastor of the Church of the Brotherly Love): I need hardly say that the Great War was a boon to our parish. Eleven years ago we were in a state of stagna- tion, owing to public indifference. The tonic of war instilled in our People an interest in such church activities as the Boys’ Fife and Drum Corps, the Over. the: giving me personally a prestige beyond my wildest dreams in the old dull peace days. However great the cost of the War, it was worth it. Mrs. Rocer M. Turret (President National Women’s Defense League): I think as we all look back on those “WHAT ARE YOU CRABBING ABOUT? DIDN’T YOU ASK ME TO TAKE YOU TO A PARIS SALON?” “My Mistake! 1 THOUGHT you SAID ‘sALooN’!” days in 1917 and remember the thrill of service, most of us miss the excite- ment and becoming headd —well, if not for another war, at least for a really good epidemic. Magsor-Generat Huon Dusrot: | am a blunt soldier and will not waste words. Any nation which gocs ten years without a war is a nest of lily- livered degenerates. Ex-Private Joun F. McGarry: Get the hell out of here and stay out! Robert Benchley. ‘op Chicken Salad Guild and the Girls’ Friendly Bayonet Squad, besides | a 1 “H Can't again comicbooks.com