Life, 1915-03-25 · page 38 of 44
Life — March 25, 1915 — page 38: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **satirical commentary and advertisements** from an American magazine during World War I. The main cartoon depicts a **mouse confronting an elephant**, with the mouse sarcastically noting the elephant's supposed size and fearfulness. This illustrates the article "Krupp's Wha Hae," which criticizes the German **Krupp industrial family** for investing 30 million marks in German war bonds. The satire suggests that despite the Krupps' apparent power and dominance in German wartime industry, they face existential risk—if Germany loses the war, their fortunes will collapse entirely. The mouse-versus-elephant reversal mocks their precarious position. The page also contains straightforward **product advertisements** (Gillette razors, Dioxogen peroxide) and a sentimental poem titled **"Bum"** about an affectionate stray dog, which serves as filler content typical of Life magazine's format. The Krupp satire reflects American skepticism toward German industrial-military power during the war.
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Mouse Now's THIS? T'VE ALWAYS REEN TOLD THAT YOU WERE A GREAT BIG ANIMAL AND VERY MUCIE AFRAID OF ME Krupp’s Wha Hae HE Krupp firm and family have subscribed thirty million marks ($7,300,000) for the new German war loan. It is a case of win or perish with the Krupp family. They and the Hohenzollerns are the leading stock- holders in the war for world-power, and if it goes wrong they will be the leading stockholders in Downfall. The Gillette— An Ever-Increasing Success tory! More than Seven-million- five-hundred-thousand dollars of Gillette Razors and Gillette Blades were Bought by the shaving public in the twelve months of 1914. January and February show sub- stantial increase over the correspond- ing months of last year. January sales in Gillette Blades alone were over. 400,000 dozen. The Gillette is only ten years old. GILLETTE SAFETY T= greatest year in Gillette his- 90,000 sold in 1904. 300,000 sold in 1905. In 1907 the home-factory had been greatly enlarged, two fac- tories established in Europe and one in Canada, and a system of branch offices throughout Europe, Asia, South Africa, Australia and South America. Gillette Razors and Blades are sold by 145,000 dealers throughout the world. Standard Set, $5.00. Blades, 50c. and $1.00 a packet. OR COMP, _ NO STROPPING -NO HONING There is one pure Peroxide of Hydrogen. Dioxogen 993%% Pure It keeps its purity, sweetness and effi- ciency whether the bottle is left open or kept corked. ‘Will common peroxide do this? He's a little dog, with a stubby tail, and a moth-eaten coat of tan, And his legs are short, of the wabbly sort: I doubt if they ever ran; And he howls at night, while in broad daylight he sleeps like a bloomin’ log, And he likes the feed of the gutter breed: he's a most irregular dog. 1 call him Bum, and in total sum he’s all that his name implies, For he’s just a tramp with a highway stamp that culture cannot disguise ; And his friends, I've found, in the streets abound, be they urchins or dogs or men: Yet he sticks to me with a fiendish glee. It is truly beyond my ken. T talk to him when I'm lonesome-like, and I'm sure that he understands When he looks at me so attentively and gently licks my hands; Then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, but I never say aught thereat, For the Good Lord knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that! So my good old pal, my irregular dog, my flea-bitten, stub-tailed friend, Has become a part of my very heart, to be cherished till lifetime’s end; And on Judgment Day, if I take the way that leads where the righteous meet, If my dog is barred by the heavenly guard—we'll both of us brave the heat! —From the ‘writings of W. Dozton Wegefarth, Endorsed by the Penna. Society, P. C. As hen mys Be sure 20n-refill tokeep, St; pures Skillfully s Ditudelpal: comichooks.¢qom