Life, 1916-06-15 · page 41 of 48
Life — June 15, 1916 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page contains political satire and period advertisements rather than traditional cartoons. **"To Grow or to Swell?" section:** The piece satirizes government officials under President Wilson, using a metaphor about growth versus swelling. It references two figures: **Garrison** (appears to be a cabinet member who "grew" and was removed/"decapitated") and **Daniels** (likely Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy), criticized for swelling "with vanity, ignorance and self-conceit." The satire suggests these officials inflated their importance rather than genuinely developing in office—a critique of ego and incompetence in Wilson's administration. **"Watchful Waiting":** A poetic piece playing on the phrase "watchful waiting," Wilson's foreign policy approach, by listing mundane situations of waiting (girls, schoolboys, employees). It's gentle social humor rather than sharp political satire. **The advertisements** (Evans's Depilatory, Ingram's Milkweed Cream, Nujol laxative, Scribner's Magazine, Summer Camps) represent typical early-20th-century product marketing, notably promoting remedies and beauty products by modern standards of questionable efficacy.
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