Life, 1916-08-10 · page 31 of 38
Life — August 10, 1916 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes lighthearted domestic content with serious political commentary disguised as satire. **Poetry & Anecdotes:** "When Grandma Danced" and "Collie Saves Terrier's Life" are nostalgic/heartwarming pieces typical of Life's humor section. **Advertisements:** Old Overholt Rye whiskey and Remington shotguns represent typical period advertising. **Political Satire:** The final essay "Are We Prepared to Be Unprepared?" is the page's sharp critique. Using circular, absurdist logic, it mocks American isolationism and military unpreparedness. The author sarcastically suggests surrendering to foreign powers or offering the country's use to them—since apparent American policy assumes defeat anyway. This appears to address pre-WWII anxieties about U.S. defensive capability and foreign aggression, suggesting that half-measures and indecision are worse than honest preparation or honest surrender. It's biting commentary on national vulnerability.
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When Grandma Danced HEN Grandma danced, her flying feet Seemed scarce to touch the ballroom floor. To lilting music's measured beat They tapped the tango’s teasing score. It was as though she'd fain repeat The giddy girlhood days of yore, When Grandma danced. She scorned my offer of a seat; Instead, her program handed o'er. A-weary, footsore, fagged with heat, I had to take a couple more, When Grandma danced. Terrell Love Holliday. Collie Saves Terrier’s Life A true story comes from Hudson, Il- linois, from A. N. Starkey, living on a farm northwest of that village. He owns a collie and a rat terrier. The latter dis- appeared and after being searched for was given up for dead, The collie, how- ever, acted very strangely. Immediately after being given food he disappeared and did not return again until the next meal time. Members of the family de- n cided to follow him. They did so, and a it balgiog half mile from the house the poor little rat terrier was found, caught in a trap j which had been set for mink. The collie (; res He) device had been carrying food in his mouth to Vi Lifetime of Pisin his little friend for over a week, and was ; First Class Sport BS co. overjoyed to think help had come to the | amy KS rie SSS wile, Ky. rat terrier. The latter was very soon re- y THe way these guns hold their superb ne AVES, \— leased and tenderly carried home to be shectingguahiy Sear afer ear vind eS re given proper care. The devotion of the collie was much remarked in that neigh- them the borhood.—Our Dumb Animals. reference of hunters and trap- chooters all over the world. Reaington UMC Pum$ Gun—*“The Good Old Standby” —ix shots, bottom ejection (empty "ls, smoke, gas, go down, away from your face), solid breech, hammerless, safe. Remington UMC Autoloading Shot Gun—“The Auto Shot Gua that works"—five shote: simply FOR A COLD— 3 pull the trigger for each shot, the recoil does the work; solid breech; hammerless; safe. HOT TODDY for emooth, posi pont =F well the value of ahot toddy Be oer OE. tn Bes Sra Ht for a cold—an unfailing remedy gun with REM OIL—the ever since her girlhood days. ‘Selvent, Lubricant and Rust Prevent Especially, when it's made with strong pure Old Overholt Rye “Same for 100 years” —a full-bodied, straight Pennsylvania whiskey that possesses an absolutely un- varying excellence. Its _ medicinal. propert ; make it the ideal stimu- lant for the sick. Are We Prepared to Be Unprepared ? HOSE who do not believe in being prepared should at least be prepared to be unprepared. To be unprepared, without being prepared for it, is as bad as to be unprepared when you have prepared for it. Unpreparedness is just as much of a condition as prepared- ness. There are two ways of being prepared to be unprepared. One is to trust to luck; the other is to surrender to the enemy before he has a chance even to aim his guns. The last is probably the most consistent. Deputations to foreign nations are therefore now in order, offering them the use of this country for whatever purposes they should desire. As long as we are ultimately to be ruled by some foreign power, let us, at any rate, say which it is to be. ‘THE REMINGTON ARMS UNION METALLIC CARTRII Al comicbooks.com