Life, 1917-01-18 · page 38 of 40
Life — January 18, 1917 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page primarily contains **advertisements and literary promotion** rather than political satire. The main content advertises May Edginton's novel "The Man Who Broke the Rule" in *Ainslee's* magazine. The advertisement critiques the **double standard in sexual morality**: it notes that Edginton's earlier work showed consequences for women who violate moral codes, then poses a rhetorical question—does a man face equal punishment for the same violation? The advertisement suggests her new novel explores this inequality, implying men face only "scorn" while women face "complete ostracism." The page also includes a story continuation ("Inbad the Navigator"), a brief comedic dialogue between **Wilhelm (likely Kaiser Wilhelm II) and Von Bissing** mocking German brutality in Belgium with sardonic understatement, and various product advertisements (footwear, travel cruises, patent medicines). The Wilhelm/Bissing exchange is the closest to satire—darkly comic commentary on WWI atrocities presented as absurd ingratitude.
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