Life, 1917-09-20 · page 7 of 40
Life — September 20, 1917 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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**Top Illustration:** Four figures performing handstands diving into water—a humorous sequence showing acrobatic diving or athletic stunts. **"The Victor":** A poem celebrating a woman who overcomes obstacles through love and pride rather than through conscience, policy, or experience. It appears to celebrate female agency and emotional strength. **"A Possible Solution":** Discusses a small, olive-shaped German fruit that supposedly affects taste perception. The author suggests the government distribute this fruit to the German population since 1915, humorously implying Germans have poor judgment. This is WWI-era propaganda satirizing the enemy. **"Are We Getting the News?":** Criticizes President Stanwood Menken of the National Security League for withholding information about troop numbers in Europe, suggesting the government isn't transparent with citizens during wartime. **"Elder Sister (Coming out of Movies)":** A cartoon about moviegoing and money.
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The Victor can make women dis- mnscience tried in vain; Policy met with defeat; Pride gave up in pain, Experience didn’t succeed ; Vanity failed at last; Friendship would vainly plead; Duty wept, aghast. “Who can make women discreet? Is there no power so high He may perform this feat?” Proudly spake Love: “Yes, 1!” Carolyn Wells. A Possible Solution OTANISTS declare that in Af- rica there is a small, olive- shaped fruit, red in color, which so affects the palate that sour foods or drinks taste swect. It is strongly suspected that the efficient Germans have known of this fruit for some time, and that the government has been feeding a variant of it to the people since 1915. This would ac: count for the persistence of the Teutons in smacking their lips over the ashes of defeat as though they were the honey of the Hybla hees. Elder Sister (coming out of Movies with younger): 11's THROW! AWAY TO TAKE YOU To THE MOVIES SEEN THE. LADY LOST IN THY STORM, AN’ THE OL’ HOMESTEAD SOLD AT AUCTION, AN’ THE INNERCENT HERO 0 TO JAIL, AN’ YE NEVER SHED A TEAR. Are We Getting the News? ZS r STANWOOD MENKEN of the National Se- curity League thinks we ought to have a scare thrown into us that would make us sit up. He came hack from Washington late last month to say that the lack of frank- ness in high officials there w palling; that “deep anxie' ed among men best informed, that the administration ought to let the country know what danger it is in Mr. Menken seems to think we don't get the news. If not, an immense quantity of white paper and printers’ ink is be- ing used to little purpose. One thing at least nobody knows —how many fighting troops we have in Europe. Private informa- tion on this subject ranged last month from ten thousand to sixty thousand. Is there good reason why we should not hear from time to time how many of our men have crossed the seas? Warning to Wealthy Church-Goers “Att is not God that glitters.” comicbooks.com