Life, 1917-06-07 · page 41 of 42
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**"If the Good Died Young" (Dinner poem):** This satirical poem depicts wartime food rationing and sacrifice. Family members decline portions—potatoes, meat, bread, sugar—so that Allied guests (France, "John Bull" for Britain, Belgium) can eat well. It's a patriotic plea for American civilians to voluntarily ration during WWI, framing deprivation as honorable hospitality to struggling allies. **"Uncle Sam's Gunners" (Gillette advertisement):** This is primarily a commercial endorsement claiming U.S. Navy sailors are the world's best marksmen because they use Gillette Safety Razors. The ad links personal hygiene and discipline to military prowess—a common WWI-era advertising strategy connecting consumer products to patriotic virtue and national strength. **"Vivisection Demands Severe Legislation":** This editorial opposes animal experimentation, arguing 99% of vivisection is unnecessary and brutalizes surgeons and students. It calls for government oversight of all animal testing. The page juxtaposes patriotic wartime messaging (rationing, military excellence) with consumer advertising and animal welfare advocacy—typical of Life's satirical blend of social commentary and commercial content.
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1¥ THE GOOD DIED YOUNG Dinner Ov cousins are coming to dinner, Our larder is showing a lack, So pass the kick under the table, And signal the family “hold back.” You, mother, decline the potatoes ; And father, go light on the meat; And sis, have a heart for the sugar; And bub, skip the bread when you cat. There—France, have some more, let us beg you; John Bull, let us fill ap your plate; And Belgium, another good helping— Gee, folks, but to have you is great! MeLandburgh Wilson. Pleasant Memories ONG after your visit toa strange city, the hotel which you pat- ronized sticks in your memory as a “bright spot” or a “dark spot” of your sojourn there. A pleasant room at The Hollenden, the cook- ing and service for which it is justly famed and its convenience and atmosphere of tone will help to make your memories of Cleve- land pleasant. European Plan, with bath: For one person, $2 to $5 For two persons, $3 to $6 With twin beds, $5 to $6 Suites at various prices. The Hollenden, Cleveland OF BRAINS IGARS “MADE AT KEY WEST= Uncle Sa are the Best Marksmen in the World <= 'HE discipline of the United States Navy tends. to produce as clean a lot of fighting men as you'll see afloat or ashore. Character-building begins with habits of personal careand clean- liness. Andyou'relikely Gill to find that your man has the Gillette Safety pan: STROPPIG —! NO HONING ms Gunners 'HE sailor has a vetter idea than any other man of the world-wide popularity of the lette. He has bought his blades in every Port of the Seven Seas. And the Gillette Com- y freely acknowledges its debt of gratitude to the Men of the Navy for their part in intro- Razor as part of his ducingthis American invention to the Far Coun- personal kit, with its owndefinite placeinhis .,er tries of the World. If there is a mi anywhere who is not enthusiastic the Gillette it is probably because he has not ditty-box. caught the simple knack of using it. Gillette Dealers shav’ There are thousands of young men just coming to ing age. The Gillette will help them to form good ecryehere — habits—the saving of small sumsthat count upto big ones, the habit of getting started on time—of doing a thing perfectly in the quickest way, with the fewest motions. <=_ Write for the New Gillette Catalogue. See the thirty styles of Gillette Safety Razors, $5 to $50. If You Live In Canada—write the Gillette Safety Razor Company of Canada, Ltd., 73 St. Alexander St., Montreal, for Canadian Catalogue and Prices. Milady Dicolleté ts the dainty littie Gillete used by the tcell-groomed woman to keep the underarm whiteand smooth, GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY BOSTON, U.S. A. Vivisection Demands Severe Legislation This newspaper is unalterably opposed to vivisectionism as now practiced. We suppose that ninety-nine per cent. of these cruel experiments are uscless and resultless. Of course, a small pro- portion may result in increased know! edge, but we are pretty sure the same knowledge could he gained by dissecting dead bodies. A strong objection of vivi section is that it develops in the vivisec- tors a callousness to human suffering and stimulates the mania for operating. It is time that this disposition to cruclly cut up living animals and human beings to satisfy experimental mania of sur- geons and students should be stopped. The hest way to stop it or limit it within reason is to make it necessary to secure the approval of the government for every individual case of proposed vivisection, and to make it obligatory on the vivi- Sector to state in his written application exactly what vivisection experiment he pur- poses making, and what he hopes to s complish by it—Los Angeles Examiner. comicbooks.com