Life, 1915-08-12 · page 32 of 40
Life — August 12, 1915 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** A domestic scene where a man promises his wife he'll finish fishing "in a minute" while a bear charges toward them—satirizing men's obliviousness to danger and priorities. **"Old Men Are Picked Men":** This article defends elderly war advocates (naming real figures like President Eliot, age 81, and British Lord Bryce, 77) against Jane Addams's critique that WWI is "an old man's war." The piece argues these aged men survived because they possessed strength *and* sense, therefore deserve credibility on war matters. The satire is subtle but present: the author defends the elderly's right to advocate war while younger men fight. **"Choose, Ladies":** A brief joke contrasting offices (where women serve men's wishes) with homes (where men serve women's wishes)—reflecting early 20th-century gender role anxieties. **Medical Cartoon:** Shows a doctor and ghost, with the caption mocking a failed surgery ("operation successful, patient died of shock")—a timeless dark joke about medical incompetence, attributed to Hippocrates ironically.
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“ LUNCH IS READY, JOHN” “ALL RIGHT, DEAR. Old Men Are Picked Men N Europe, Miss Addams says, it is an old man’s war. In this country one notices among persons audible on the war-side of matters: President Eliot, 81. George F. Edmunds, 87. Joseph H. Choate, 83. Andrew D. White, 82. Lyman Abbott, 79. After all, the old men are picked men. They have survived, as a rule, because they have combined the most strength with the most sense. Among the active expositors and aiders of war in England behold (Lord) James Bryce, 77; Sir William Crookes, 83; Lord Brassey, 78 It seems to be that a thoroughly live man is liable to re- main alive until he dies. Choose, Ladies N office is a place where women do what men want done. A home is a place where men do what women want done, Shade of Hippocrates: LL BE THROUGH IN A MINUTE” HE, HE! THAT'S THE SAME STUFF I USED TO TELL EM! comicbooks.com