Life, 1917-09-27 · page 14 of 40
Life — September 27, 1917 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains several wartime satirical pieces from World War I. **Top illustration**: Shows six women's military uniform designs submitted by members of a women's brigade. The satire concerns fashionable women adopting military dress—the accompanying poem mocks the contradiction between genuine wartime service and women treating uniforms as fashionable accessories. **"One for Art"**: Satirizes Germany's decision to melt down bronze statues for munition purposes, presented as unexpectedly beneficial to art. **"In the Trenches"**: A brief joke about German pilots dropping bombs near hospitals rather than military targets. **"Placed"**: A quip suggesting German-sympathetic newspaper editors lack the professional standards of American editors. The overall tone mocks both German inefficiency and American pro-German sentiment during the war.
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A Sweater F you, my dear, the war shall take Across the distant sea, A sweater for you I will make— As gay as gay can be! Of tender green the coat I'll knit, i With pink, just like a rose, But it will be a hypocrite! { And why, do you suppose? Because my woven thoughts will be As blue as summer skie: The pink and green, invisibly Be sobered with my sighs. Virginia Whitmore. One for Art HE war, which has been so cruel to art, is to do it a good turn at last Reports come from Berlin and also | from Munich that bronze statues in DESIGNS FOR UNIFORM TO BE WORN BY WOMEN’S BRIGADE Germany are to be melted down for (Submitted by members) munition purposes. There is universal ) approval. | New Power | 'HE discovery of the subliminal self has recently been supplemented by the announcement that this subliminal self can be made to work unconsciously. The importance of this discovery is so great we are astonished that it has not received the attention it deserves The ordinary self of which we are conscious is capable of only so much exercise before it begins to fag. But there is no record of any subliminal self feeling the effects of ex- posure or continuous labor. If, for example, you wish to learn a language, you have simply to suggest the idea to your subliminal self. In a short time you will find your vocabulary beginning to swell, and in a thousand ways this language will begin to seep into your consciousness. Suppose you wish to know about the tariff. Suggest this desire to your subliminal self, repeat this suggestion at in- tervals; in about a month from now you will be able to repeat Schedule K by heart. If you don’t believe this, try it. Teutonic Inefficiency T is reported by the Vossische Zeitung that a newspaper in English, to be called The Bridge, will shortly be issued in Berlin, in order to influence the opinion of Eng- lish-speaking peoples in favor of the Prussians. Why this inefficient expenditure of energy? it may be asked. Won't | a Berlin edition of the New York American do as well? In the Trenches Placed “THOSE German fliers have been chasing around for an ‘DP you ever see anyone with so much assurance?” hour and haven't dropped a bomb.” “Never. He must be the editor of a pro-German “Probably looking for hospitals.” paper published in the United States.” “WILLIE, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT AWFUL BOOK?” comicbooksscom