Life, 1915-09-09 · page 9 of 44
Life — September 9, 1915 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon satirizes German military leadership during World War I. German officers (identifiable by their spiked helmets/Pickelhaube) receive another message from "that American president" (Woodrow Wilson), with one officer dismissing it by saying "answer it yourself, Fritz" and "oh, anything"—mocking their contempt for American diplomatic efforts and Wilson's peace initiatives. The page's second section discusses Kate Douglas Wiggin, an American author earning $50,000 annually, questioning how she accumulates wealth from writing. A small cartoon below shows a woman being told not to bathe in "Life" magazine, treating it as a "secluded pool." The cartoons reflect wartime attitudes toward Germany and early 20th-century gender expectations around women's economic success.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Orderly: | MAJESTAT, HERE 1$ STILL ANOTHER NOTY. FROM THAT AMERICAN PRESIDENT “ ANSWER IT YOURSELF, FRITZ.” “WHAT SHALL I SAY, MAJESTAT?” “OH, ANYTHID Tells Fortunes, Maybe fee Kate Douglas Wiggin is listed among the very few American women who earn fifty thousand dollars a year—New York Times Book Review. EARS fifty thousand dollars a year? Surely. Mrs. Wiggin Riggs is a clever, deserving and delightful person who earns anything she may get. But can she collect fifty thousand dollars a year from an indebted world? If so, how? Her books are not best-sellers; she does not lecture for money that one hears of. How does she collect the fifty thousand dollars? Has she a success- ful play, or does she supplement her literary work by sewing? Case-hardened “ ARE you afraid of submarines?” inquired the cap- tain of the Atlantic liner. “No,” replied the applicant for the job. “I used to “YOU MUST NOT BATHE HERE, GIRLS. THIS IS A PAGE be one of the crew of an excursion boat.” IN ‘LIFE,’ NOT A SECLUDED PooL” comicbooks.com