Life, 1916-09-07 · page 13 of 40
Life — September 7, 1916 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon**: "The Philanderer's Idea of the Millennium" depicts seven women seated on a bench with one man. This satirizes male fantasy about unlimited romantic/sexual access to multiple women simultaneously—the "millennium" being an imagined perfect world for the philanderer. **Bottom Cartoon**: "Too Much of a (Usually) Good Thing" shows a woman labeled "Peace" with a man (likely representing a statesman or politician) in a chair. The dialogue suggests he's grown tired of peace advocacy, finding even something "good" excessive when pushed relentlessly. This likely critiques post-WWI peace movements or League of Nations advocates as overly insistent or nagging in promoting their agenda. Both cartoons use humor to mock contemporary social and political behaviors.
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the French, nor the Russians, nor the Belgians that have smeared infamy on the Germans. Germans did it. No- body else could have done it. You, High Officer, when you finally settle for that offense against Germany, must THE PHILANDERER'S IDEA OF THE MILLENNIUM settle with Germans, It is they who have polluted their country’s character. But alas for the poor war! so young and in such disrepute that no one will father it. Perhaps history will be of the mind of Lowes Dickinson, that it TOO MUCH OF A (USUALLY) GOOD THING “YOU STILL HAVE ME WITH YOU, SAMUEL, DEAR.” “Yes, 1 OUGHT TO BE THANKFUL, I KNOW—BUT— was begotten on Europe by the Euro- pean anarchy, and came in due time to an inevitable birth. For Mr. Dick- inson’s theory is that the way Europe has been managed since the fifteenth century was bound to bring on wars from time to time; that all the govern- ments were to blame for this war (as the Kaiser also admits), and that if Germany was removed from Europe to-morrow there would be a new war presently between the powers that were left. He wants the system changed, and advocates the League to Enforce Peace. Well, yes; the League to Enforce Peace. The only sure thing’ about a panacea is that there isn’t one; but, then, up to ten years ago the only sure thing about a flying machine was that it wouldn’t fly. But now they fly. Per- haps the world is different now, and a league might enforce peace —at least until its members quarrelled. EB. S.A. P*t (taking his tenth whiskey on election day): Thirty-sivin years Oi've voted th’ Dimmyecrat ticket, and Oi'm going to do it again, if it takes thirty-sivin drinks to put th’ foolish- ness into me! comicbooks.com