Life, 1917-07-05 · page 16 of 40
Life — July 5, 1917 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon:** An "eloping lady" rides an elephant labeled "Sharp-Fang" across water while planes fly overhead. The caption jokes that they're "safe now" because her father has an "unconquerable aversion to water"—a humorous domestic scenario about escaping parental disapproval. **Main Content:** The page features a patriotic poem titled "Lend a Hand!" by Clinton Scollard, calling Americans to unite and contribute to a national cause ("the red adventure"). Given references to sacrifice and "fighting spirit," this appears WWI-era propaganda encouraging civic participation and military support. **Right Column:** "Favorite Texts of Billy Sunday" quotes scripture passages emphasizing judgment, emotion, and monetary giving. Billy Sunday was a famous early-20th-century evangelist known for fiery sermons; these quotes reflect his dramatic preaching style. **Bottom Cartoon:** A dialogue joke about a woman: "Isn't she a moving-picture star?" "More of a planet—she shines by reflected light." This mocks a woman (likely in entertainment) for lacking originality or substance.
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~elia, Eloping Lady: we're SAFE NOW, SHARP-FANG. Lend a Hand! END a hand!—be this our slogan Through the wide length of the land, From where Maine’s pine trees are warders, From Lake Huron’s island borders, Southward to the Rio Grande! Lend a hand!—be this our watchword! Sound it early, cry it late, From where combing breakers quarre Round Floridan keys of coral, Westward to the Golden Gate! Lend a hand!—whate'er the fashion Of the thing you pledge to do; We have sealed our soul-indenture ; We have joined the red adventure, And are bound to see it through! Lend a hand!—away with dreaming, Selfishness and soft desires! Danger faces us; why fear it? Let us show the fighting spirit And the valor of our sires! AVERSION TO WATER Lend a hand, O sons of freemen; Steadfast let us take our stand! Sacrificial be our giving To make life again worth living! Lend a hand: aye, lend a hand! Clinton Scollard. THINGS THAT NEVER WERE FATHER HAS ALWAYS HAD AN UNCONQUERABLE Favorite Texts of Billy Sunday “I CRIED with a loud voice.”"—Gene- sis 39:14. “T shall execute judgments in thee and in fury and in furious re- '—Ezekiel 5:15. “Cdn any understand . . . the noise of his tabernacle? ""—Job 36:29. “Trent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head.” —Eara 9:3. “Great swelling words.”"—Jude 16. “The people were astonishe Matthew 7:28. . “Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled.”"—Ezra 9:4. “Shake the hand.”—Isaiah 13 “And they leaped upon the altar.”— I Kings 18:26. “The people cast money into the treasury.”—Mark 12:41. shalt deal bountifully with me.”—Psalm 142:7. “[SN'T she a moving-picture star?” “More of a planet. She shines by reflected light.” comicbooks Berm