Life, 1916-03-30 · page 37 of 45
Life — March 30, 1916 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with a secondary essay section titled "The Unseen Bond." The essay discusses Anglo-American relations during World War I, arguing that despite being "quarreling cousins," Britain and America share a genuine bond strengthened by adversity. It quotes an Arab proverb and includes a dialogue between English servants (John and Sarah) where John worries about England's war prospects, but Sarah dismissively attributes his gloom to indigestion rather than legitimate concern—a humorous way of suggesting unfounded pessimism. The advertisements include: - **King George IV Whisky** ("Top-Notch" Scotch) - **Cat's Paw Cushion Rubber Heels** (shoe soles with friction plugs to prevent slipping) - **Bell-ans** (indigestion remedy) - **Cortez Cigars** (made in Key West) The ads and essay's humor both reflect WWI-era American attitudes: confidence in eventual Allied victory and genteel British stoicism about wartime hardships.
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The Unseen Bond (Continued from page 591) the ships of the interfering German ad- miral. We do not assert that we are model cousins, We simply respond artily to the assertion that we arc cousins. When we find the relationship acknowledged in adversity (of all times), there can be no doubt that it is a real and valuable tie. As says an Arab prov- erb, “I and my cousin quarrel; but it is i and my cousin against the world.” There is much else in the “John Bull Number” of Lire that we should like to quote. We can give only a few extracts. And our American sympathizers evi- dently do not believe for a moment that we are going to fail in this war. They know that we shall worry through, or e ee ed even bungle through. Possibly they have at last fathomed the depths of our na- tional habit, or vice, of self-depreciation. There is just as much ease for your In a dialogue called “Fear and Faith,” feet upon the street as there is when and supposed to take place in England, a servant, John, explains to Sarab, the you are resting at home. cook, that his master’s despondency about the war must be due to indigestion, as There's a = ie step, comfort and there is no other traceable reason for it: safety walkin, ra on “Joun (indignantly): Master's gone an’ et more o’ that curried mutton at ‘is club; 'e’s.goin’ on somethink awful abaht old Hengland bein’ done up. “Sanam (contemptuously): Old Heng- land bein’ done up? Not likely! “Joun (sith enthusiasm): That's wot CUSHION I see: Not likely! RUBBER HEELS “Sarat (impressively): Done up! Lumme; 'e’ll be ‘avin’ the Bank smashed The Foster Friction Plug won't let next. If old Kitchener ‘eard ‘im grousin’ a like that, ’e'd give ‘im wot for. you slip. “Joun (admiringly): That ’e would, i ¢ And there are no holes to track mud mate; an’ 'e'd say, ‘’Ere! Don't you eat at d di no more o’ that curry.’ | i] 2 To talk of thanks to the gallant and | Cat's Paw Cushion Rubber Heels wear generous band of poets and prose writers . who have put their hearts, in tears, ‘Wor longer—they are more econ laughter, and sound sense, in the “John | X They cost no more than the ordinary kind —and are easy to find. At all dealers— ve ? 5 Pedyeusedine Fes 50 cents attached—Black or Tan. Insist Orthopedic Heel which that they are Cat's Paw. Get well heeled gives that extra su where needed. Especially today. taluable to policemen, mo- tormen, conductors, floor walkersand all wtowreen = FOSTER RUBBER CO. their feet a great deal. 75e CUSHION “HEEL attached at your dealet 105 Federal Street, - - Boston, Mass. . a > fosTER RUBBER, anes it postpaid mn Te ceipt of foc. and outline of inators and Patentees of the Fetter Friction Plug, which prevents slipping» ‘Sanmearnesemttrnosentecrcartrectrsenetee eret e Ec etPerreneRMeRtreT peace TaD 3 : Bull Number” would be a gross and vul- B E LL7-AN Ss Reales the gar error. Yet may not an Englishman and is worth 4) ‘ who has been deeply moved by Lirr’s Absolutely R two on the shelf new number, and read it with a very big solutely emoves lump indeed in his throat, be allowed to Indigestion. One package send them a message which they will value much more than thanks? Let them provesit. 25cat all druggists. remember that Byron's words express the | nation’s true mood to-day: | 1G, BRAINS | Whisky “ Here's a sigh to those who love me, ; ce IGARS the “TOP-NOTCH ‘Scotch And whatever sky’s above me, Here's a heart for every fate.” “MADE AT KEY WEST.— comicbooks.com