Life, 1917-10-04 · page 8 of 44
Life — October 4, 1917 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page combines a charitable appeal ("Life's Fresh Air Fund") with satirical content mocking wartime food shortages. The main cartoon at bottom, titled "What Jones Caught on His Vacation," depicts four figures labeled "Mumps," "Hay-fever," "Poison-ivy," and "The Future Mrs Jones"—a joke about a man's unfortunate vacation experiences rather than romantic conquests. The "Extracts from the Cook Book of the Future" section satirizes food rationing during World War I by proposing absurd recipes using grass, clover, and even tennis balls. This dark humor reflects genuine civilian food scarcity. The illustration above shows angels, possibly referencing heavenly sustenance as ironic commentary on earthly deprivation.
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532 Life’s Fresh Air Fund Inctusive of 1916, Live's Fersu Ain Fuxo has been in operation thirty years. In that time it has expended $161,919.26 and has given a fortnight in the country to 38,190 poor city children, The Fund is supported entirely by bequests and voluntary contributions, which are ac- knowledged in this column, Previously acknowledged .. -$10,042.30 Sunday collections during Augu: at_Camp Winnepesaukee. 680 D. F. Owen... 2000+ 5.00 Mrs. Margaret Fowler 100.00 “In memory of O. H. W. 5.00 In memory of J. B. C. 7.30 Chas, W. Burton. . 3.00 $10,169.60 ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS Box of boys’ clothing from Mrs. T. W. Moore, Huntington, W. Va. Cucumbers and tomatoes for all the children, also a package of children’s clothing, from Mrs. Hawes, Branchville, Conn. Eight dozen tennis balls from Mr. Reynolds Brooks, Southampton, L. I. Extracts from the Cook Book of the Future In view of the food shortage, Prof. Weldner, an agricultural expert at Passau, Bavaria, advises the people to eat grass. He says that palatable dishes may be made from red clover and alfalfa—News item. HINGLE PIE.—Run four small weather-beaten shingles through the meat-chopper. . Mix thoroughly with molasses and powdered seaweed, and insert between pie-crusts. Garnish the upper crust with carpet tacks, and bake in a slow oven. Mincep Paster on Toast.—Remove two square feet of plaster from the kitchen ceiling. Parboil in acidulated water for two hours. Place in colan- YY Mi) “EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY, FOR TO-MORROW YOU'LL BE BORN” der and allow cold water to run through for ten minutes. Dice and place in frying pan with one chopped green pepper and one-half cup of sporting sections from the New York Evening Post. Brown on both sides and serve hot. Canpie-Enps EN Casserote. — Split one dozen candle-ends and remove the wicks. Pass hurriedly through the potato masher, and mix into them two sparrow eggs, a quarter of a pound of sawdust, a quarter of a teaspoonful of beef extract and a dash of witch hazel. Ys A aN Hay -Fever Poison-ivy WHAT JONES CAUGHT ON HIS VACATION ly ie The future rs Jones. Stir thoroughly and place in the casse- role in layers. Between each layer sprinkle powdered paint of any desired color. Cook until it looks safe. SyntHetic Frexcu Toast. —‘Soften a two-inch pine plank by pounding it with a hammer. Blend one-half cup of mucilage with three tablespoonfuls of machine oil. Saw the plank into the desired lengths, soak in the mucilage, and fry in deep fat. Mock Ham Sanpwicu.—Boila small piece of ham rind for one hour with two dog-biscuits, a piece of automobile cup-grease the size of a walnut and a pint of rain-water. At the end of one hour remove from stove and add one tablespoonful of gelatine. When cool, cut into slices, paint each slice pink, and serve between bread. Sturren Tennis Batts.—Take one- half dozen last year’s tennis balls and simmer on the back of the stove for two hours. When tender, divide each one in halves and fill with equal parts of chopped maple leaves, birch bark and milk-weed. Powder with violet talcum and serve as an entrée, Kenneth Roberts. comicboo!