Life, 1917-05-24 · page 2 of 7
Life — May 24, 1917 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with minimal editorial content. The main advertisement promotes the **Uni-Lectric**, a gasoline-electric generator unit for summer homes, offering electric lighting and power without requiring batteries or complex wiring—marketed as convenient and reliable. A smaller **Great Western Champagne** advertisement emphasizes it's the only American champagne awarded gold medals at international expositions. The only cartoon appears at the bottom, labeled "Pacifism," showing a figure being struck while another says "evidently I was mistaken, but please don't take it seriously / he surely won't hit you again." This appears to be **Cold War-era satire** mocking pacifism as naive—suggesting appeasement of aggression is futile, though the specific historical reference is unclear without additional context.
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