Life, 1916-03-09 · page 38 of 44
Life — March 9, 1916 — page 38: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several distinct pieces of content: **Main Cartoon ("The Truth-tellers"):** A satirical piece about a child's essay on honesty. Young Johnnie recounts how his mother asked why his hair was wet. Following the Washington/hatchet moral lesson, he confesses to swimming—but his mother's response ("I'm glad you took a bath") reveals the joke: she misses his actual transgression entirely. The satire mocks how moral lessons about truthfulness can backfire when adults don't actually listen. **Ford Peace Ship Reference:** A brief item about William C. Bullitt's account of the Ford pacifist peace mission, which mentions four "first-class brains" aboard (including women like Madame Schwimmer). The satire appears to mock the intellectual pretensions of the peace delegation. **Advertisements:** The page is largely filled with period ads for "Mum" deodorant, Hodgson portable houses, and books by Francis Scott Key (author). **Bottom cartoon:** A brief sketch about a boy negotiating payment for carrying luggage—appears to satirize child labor or economic desperation.
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“Magna Est Veritas” HE teacher had told the pupils the story of Washington and his little hatchet, and had then shown them an engraving which depicted two small boys standing in a repentant attitude, “explaining things to mother.” The title of the picture was “The Truth-tellers,” and the children were asked to write a composition thereon. This was little Johnnie's effort: “One day mother left me in the house all alone. Pretty soon Tommy Jones came along and said lets go swimming. My mother wont let me. Ah, come on. So I went. When mother came back she said what makes your hair so wet. I said mother i cannot tell a lie I went swimming And she said Johnnie I'm glad you took a. bath.” HAT sort of an ancestor are you going to make? “Mum” . me : tum First-Class Brains and a Very “ _ Handsome Lady! prevents all odors ILLIAM C. BULLITT, who went — Author of * e with the Ford pacifiers for the } THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER | of perspiration Public Ledger, says “there were four What Else He W No embarrassment dancing or first-class brains on the peace-ship, at fe Was and Who any other time. ‘‘ Mum” is a great wore of Hema Bernstein, Madame By F. S. Key-Smith, Esq. f cially to worsen cissevain, Madame Malenberg an _ eck comfort, especially men. Madame Schwimmer. For Sale by~ | —_ 25¢ at nine out of ten drug- and department-stores X 3 . "MUM" MFG CO 1106 Chestnut St Philadelphia One! ‘ati Teast. Gti ‘these -Aest-class Army and Navy Register ————— —_ || Box 1521 Washington, D.C. | | 7 | PRICE, $1.00, Postpaid HOUSES brains was embellished by a first-class . | line of looks. For the man who wants a summer bungalow in the mountains, How high in ability Mr. Bullitt rates ] ws pouaee at erate S carege at poultry house on his lot there the four appears in his putting Sam ° J McClure in with his “dozen good sec- 1 ‘ | Francis Scott Key | — Save time by buying Hodgson Houses, instead of building. The; ” 7 Fordi are ready to ship, and being made in painted sections, They ae ond-class heads” :among the: Fordites quickly and easily erected by unskilled workmen. Save money, too —no middlemen's profits, no waste. The finest quality of work- manship is combined with the best quality of lumber obtainable. Hodgson Portable Houses have proved practical _ i i in all seasons and under all weather conditions. ( For illustrated catalog address | ) ] E, F. HODGSON COMPANY, Room 234 116 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. New York Show-rooms: Craftsman Building, 6 East 3h Street, Cottage “were, Boy! DO YOU WANT TO EARN A QUARTER BY CARRYING MY BAG TO THE RAILWAY STATION ? “T GOT A QUARTER, Boss.” comicbooks.com