Life, 1917-10-25 · page 32 of 44
Life — October 25, 1917 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes humor with wartime messaging. The "First Grade Shows Its Patriotism" poem parodies a child's garbled recitation of "The Star-Spangled Banner"—the OCR captures the deliberately misspelled phonetic rendering. The satire gently mocks patriotic fervor while the joke structure suggests adults find children's earnest patriotism endearing. "Practice Makes Perfect" contrasts a soldier father absent from his child's christening with the mother's resourcefulness—she "practiced" the baby's good behavior using a water bucket. The humor lies in working-class ingenuity during wartime separation. The "moon craters" cartoon shows a child misinterpreting bomb craters as lunar features—dark wartime humor about weapons' destructive power. Advertisements (Vanity hats, Clicquot Club ginger ale) emphasize patriotic consumption. The ginger ale ad notably stresses it contains "no cereal or grain products needed by our government or its allies"—referencing WWI rationing and civilian sacrifice for the war effort.
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AUT SCISSORS The First Grade Shows Its Patriotism Osaken you see, by the dunzerly light Whatso prouly wee hale atta twilize lass gleam in? Whose brau stripes and bright threw tha pear ill us fight, Or' the campers we wash wereso gallun: Lee stream in’! Antha rockits reglare, thubbums burstin in air, Gay prufe threw tha night, that air flag wastill there! O sayduz that Stars bankled ba-an-er-er- sti-ill-wa-ave, Or tha land ah-uv-tha-a Free, and tha Homa-tha-Brave ? —Ladies’ Home Journal, starz “ Pa, were you rich when mamma mar- ried you?" “No, my dear.” “ Well, papa, what was it, then, do you think, that mamma married you for?” —Detroit Free Press. Practice Makes Perfect A young Burnley weaver, according to an English paper, was taking her little baby to church to be christened. Its father had been in the trenches for three months, and it was impossible for him to get home for the ceremony. The baby smiled up beautifully into the minister's face. “Well, madam,” said the minister, “I must congratulate you on your little one’s behavior. I have christened two thou- sand babies, but I never- christened one that behaved 20 well as yours. The young mother smiled demurely, and said: “His grandad and me hev’ bin prac- tisin’ wi’ him fer a week wi’ a bucket of +water!""—Current Opinion, Casey (on retiring): Whativer ye do, Norah, don’t let me overslape in the mornin’, If ye don’t wake yourself, wake me, anyhow.—Boston Transcript, “om! WAR MUST BE TERRIBLE, LOOK AT ALL THESE CRATERS!" Fatuer: When I was a small boy I was left an orphan. Tosay: What did you do with it? —Tit-Bits, Lire is published every Thursday, si taneously in the United States, Great Britain, Live is for sale by all newsdealers in Great Britain and may be obtained from beck Canada and British Possessions, Title registered in U, S, Patent Office. $5.00 a year in advance. Additional postage to foreign countries in the Postal Union, $1.05 a year; to Canada, 52 cents. Single current copies, to cents. Back numbers, after three months from date of publication, 25 cents. Issues prior to 1910 out of print. The text and illustrations in Lire are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights in Great Britain opply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, E. C., England. sellers in all the principal cities in the world. The foreign trade supplied frea Live's London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, London, E. C. No contribution will be returned unless accompanied by “stamped and addrenel Lise does not hold itself responsible for the loss of non-return of wni> licited contributions. . . Notice of change of address should reach this office ten days prior to the dated issue to be affected. HATS FOR MEN 'N who are interested in the latest and smartest in the style of the day are wearing Vanity $5 Hats. Vanity Hats are a little ahead of the times in design and coloring, without being at all extreme. They are made for men who value correct appearance. NONAME HAT MFG. CO. 220 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK CITY TO DEALERS: We have only one VANITY dealer in each city. If we are not represented in your town, we will be glad to hear from a dealer who is progressive enough to be reading “ LIFE.” fees tha NGA Wee Cw Py ronounc ko) GINGE ALF Clicquot CLUB GIN- GER ALE contains no ce- real or grain products needed by our government or its allies. You can enjoy its delicious flavor and its snappy eflerves- cence with a clear conscience. Always have a case oi Clic- quot Club Ginger Ale in your home. Your grocer has it. The Clicquot Club Company \ Millis, Mass., U.S. A, comicbooks