Life, 1913-10-02 · page 42 of 48
Life — October 2, 1913 — page 42: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements** for consumer products (Pétrole Hahn hair dressing, Kranich & Bach player-pianos) aimed at middle-class readers. The notable content is a **small cartoon** at bottom right captioned: "An' when all the fightin's over who tidies up the battlefield?" A young boy asks a uniformed soldier this question, likely referencing WWI cleanup and reconstruction efforts. The cartoon's humor derives from **innocent naivety**—the boy's practical, childlike question contrasts with adult military concerns. It implicitly satirizes the unglamorous reality of war: while soldiers fight, someone must handle the gruesome aftermath. The timing (Life was published during WWI) suggests commentary on war's hidden costs beyond combat itself. The "Men Wanted for the Army" recruitment poster visible in the cartoon reinforces the wartime context.
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étrole Hahn is the cleansing hair dressing for well-groomed men and women Nothing alters your personal appearance more than your hair—or the lack of it. Everyone can’t have an abundant head of hair, but everyone can improve it by using Fetrole Hahn-Vibert, Based onpurestpetroleum, delicately perfumed, Rétrole Hahn if applied regularly will add a silk- iness and lustre to your hair and tend to increase the growth and stop the fall of it. - Sizes, $1.50 and $1.00 At leading dealers. PARK & TILFORD Sole Agents $29-549 West 42nd Street, New York as BT ET your player-piano he one that will de- velop your musical talents in a natural way—an instrument. that leaves to you the charm and incentive of personal expression. Don't turn into a_ mechanical musician— mere slave of automatic expression contrivances = \ that absorb the mind and take away all the : Hl) g dred, pleasure of playing. Se > Se 2 madi tre Kranich & Bach bie Player-Piano provides adequat ns for obtainin now nsive or specially your enjoyment by i g pas You never lose interest £ = | f 2 e debeacy pecause it altars pro = Z Z “ a revelai ersonal variation and improve: 4 Z 2 clarm,d ¢ for Catalogue KRANICH & BACH 237 East Zird Street Ne Cigarete . P where t Boy: AN’ WHEN ALL THE FIGHTIN’S OVER WHO TIDIES UP You ask THE BATTLEFIELD? a comicbooks.com