Life, 1915-05-27 · page 40 of 44
Life — May 27, 1915 — page 40: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes advertisements with political satire typical of Life magazine during World War I (the "Peace Terms" section dates this to around 1918). **The "Peace Terms" section** is satirical commentary on potential German war reparations. It mockingly proposes harsh punitive measures: destroying Krupp munitions factories, stripping Germans of weapons, dividing the German navy between Britain and France, restoring Belgian/Alsace-Lorraine territories, abolishing submarines and zeppelins (weapons that terrorized civilians), imposing a two-billion-mark indemnity, and transferring German merchant vessels to the U.S. These proposals reflect American public sentiment toward defeated Germany—combining practical military disarmament with economic punishment and territorial loss. The satirical tone suggests the author finds these demands (however severe) justified given German aggression. **Other content** includes standard period advertising (Emery Shirts, emphasizing quality neckbands for long-necked men) and a book advertisement for Rupert Hughes's mystery novel *Empty Pockets*. The "Double Chin" illustration remains unexplained on this fragment.
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| —‘‘Because | ‘Emery’ Shirts give me what I want | in fit of neckband and set of collar. I’m long-necked, wear a | high collar, and—I | positively won’t have the collar working up and down. ‘Emery’ neckbands are pre-shrunk, don’t tighten up in the wash, ure an unchangeable fit. I get per- ct comfort by wearing ‘Emery’ shirts with a collar of the same size.’”” Look the Label on The Guaranteed Shirt. for Your dealer can supply you. $1.50 up. CP OE oa A DOUBLE CHIN RUPERT HUGHES'S New Novel Empty Pockets A mystery story of tense interest, with a millionaire’s daughter, young, beautiful, and unspoiled, as the heroine—the remarkable year ina man’s life, and the men and women who enter into it, No “detective-reader™ has yet been able to solve the mystery set forth in the first chapter. $1.35 net HARPER & BROTHERS Peace Terms Now is the time to send in your peace terms, The following is offered as a sample: 1. Krupp factories leveled to the ground, 2. No German from the Kaiser down allowed to carry anything more than a walking stick. 3. The German navy equally di- vided between England and France. 4. Belgium and Alsace-Lorraine re- Zeppelins and submarines abol- ished. 6. Germany to pay two billions. 7. All the steamers and merchant marine vessels belonging to England, France, Russia, Germany and Italy to be turned over to the United States to preserve the peace of the world. YUNE 20°24 On spectal fnForm ati 37a “address CONVENTION COMM i Advertising Assizn OF Chr \ Advertrs7n ¥3 Bldg, 129 Madison CHICAGO o and strive |