Life, 1915-02-18 · page 15 of 44
Life — February 18, 1915 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple satirical pieces targeting different subjects: **Top cartoon**: A man dreams of marrying a suffragette—presented as a nightmare. The humor relies on anti-suffrage sentiment, portraying women's voting rights advocates as threatening or undesirable partners. This reflects early 20th-century opposition to women's suffrage. **"Never Shirked Homicide"**: References Dr. Dernberg (likely a German official) claiming Germans love Belgians, while sarcastically noting Germany's brutal record in Belgium. The piece compares German conduct to a character named Pete who committed various crimes "without shirking" homicide—biting criticism of German military violence during WWI. **Bottom section**: "What Happened to Mrs. Tryall After Taking the Turtle-Serum Treatment" appears to be a quack-medicine satire, mocking dubious health products. The gardening advice is straightforward practical humor. The page reflects Life's era as a satirical publication addressing suffrage opposition, WWI politics, and medical fraud.
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“BY JOVE, I'M GLAD YOU CAME IN! I WAS DREAMING I MARRIED A SUFFRAGETTE” Never Shirked Homicide [¥ vite, of Dr. Dernberg’s assurance that the Germans love the Belgians, the German record in Belgium, as its details transpire, continues to remind readers of the Evening Sun's friend Pete, who had “peddled electric belts, sold phony stock to widows and robbed poor-hoxes, and homicide, raw or refined, had never been shirked cither as a duty or a pleasure”. ‘OR amateur gardeners the surest way to tell the weeds WHAT HAPPENED TO MRS. TRYALL AFTER TAKING THE TURTLE- from the flowers is to pull them all out. The ones SERUM TREATMENT that come up again are the weeds. comichooks..