Life, 1916-05-04 · page 37 of 52
Life — May 4, 1916 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with satirical editorial content alongside. **The Main Satire ("Cheer Up!"):** The central piece mocks American war profiteering against Germany. It presents a darkly humorous "logical" argument: if German ships raid American ports during a potential war with Germany, the U.S. could confiscate their vessels and use the proceeds to finance military operations without taxing citizens. The joke satirizes both American greed and naive optimism about war financing—suggesting citizens would support a war if they believed it would pay for itself through enemy seizures rather than personal sacrifice. **Context:** This appears to be from WWI era (references to German ships, the Kiel Canal, and the Moewe—a real German raider). The satire critiques the disconnect between wealthy interests and ordinary citizens' war burdens. **The Left Column:** A humorous list of reasons young women shouldn't marry young men—playful relationship satire with period concerns (mismatched wallpaper preferences, financial insecurity). **Advertisements:** Tiffany & Co., Mansco underwear, and Allen's Foot-Ease products fill the remaining space.
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Logical Reasons Why Any Young Woman Should Not Marry Any Young Man BECAUSE she knows nothing about his disposition except what he has shown her when he is on his best be- havior and is obviously acting a part. Because, if he has any bad habits, she has no means of finding out what they are. y Because he is thoroughly inexperienced IF FAN Y & () in knowing how to treat a wife. Because his salary isn't large enough. Because they don’t like the same kinds of wall-paper. Because all history shows that the in- evitable tendency for them to weary of each other is at best neutralized by qualities about which at present there is the utmost uncertainty. JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE SUPERIOR IN WORKMANSHIP AND DESIGN "Ho. Jong do you think this war will last?” “Ask the man who owns one.” INTELLIGENT AND CAREFUL SERVICE BY MAIL FirtH AVENUE & 372 STREET New York Style Folders ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE The Antiseptic Powder to Shake into Your Shoes and use in the Foot-Bath. Gives instant relief to tired, aching, swollen, perspiring, Applying the Principles of Fine Shirt Making to MANSCO UNDERWEAR. Cheer Up! a lot of German ships do sneak out of the Kiel Canal, and The MANSCO Slide- Back UNION SUIT unites the highest conception of Comfort with the Manhattan standard of Quality. MANSCO Two-Piece UNDER- WEAR has an adjustable waist band on drawers and handy button- hole that keeps the drawers up and the shirt down. sion Seip = $1.0007 aT THE piletic Shirts - 5. BEST STORES The Manhattan Shirt Co. Dept. D, 89 Madison Ave., NewYork they do become raiders, they raid as well as the Moewe, and each of them captures and interns as many ships and as much treas- ure in American ports as it did, Why, then, if we go to war with Germany, we can confiscate them, and we'll have enough money to finance a Class A war without taxing any patriotic citizen one penny. smarting, nervous feet, stops the sting of corns and bunions. Read a few extracts from original w jonials on file in our office: Allen's Foot-Ease works like magic. Have placed some in tight, shoes, and feet feel fresh and comfortable.” “It is one of the grandest remedies ever made.” * Allen's Foot-Ease has just prevented me from throwing away a new pair of $5.00 shoes. It is great.” Nothing so thoroughly rests the feet. It takes the friction from the shoe and makes walking a delight. We have 30,000 testimonials. Over 100,000 packages are being used by Allied and German troops at the Sold everywhere, 25c. Don't accept any substitate. FREE rn ont Chace, ALLEN S. OLMSTED, Le Roy, N. Y. comicbooks.com