Life, 1917-11-08 · page 33 of 40
Life — November 8, 1917 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** from WWI-era Life magazine, with limited satirical cartooning. The main cartoon (top left) shows an employer correcting an employee's spelling, making a crude joke about the phrase "cracker and dam" — likely a bawdy pun that would have amused contemporary readers. The substantial content includes: - **"War-Time Fashions for Women"**: Patriotic commentary celebrating red-white-blue dresses as representing American values (courage, sacrifice, hope) - **"The Hoover Creed"**: A satirical piece mocking Food Administrator Herbert Hoover's wartime rationing/conservation messaging through mock-religious language about thrift and food control - Multiple product advertisements (hair products, indigestion remedies, garage heating systems) The "Hoover Creed" is the sharpest satirical content, using religious rhetoric to lampoon government food restrictions during WWI—suggesting Americans viewed rationing policies as preachy or excessive.
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on the ‘i } A Employer: i'M NOT PARTICULAR ABOUT PUNCTUATION, BUT YoU' HOW TO SPELL. “CRACKER” AND “ DAM War-Time Fashions for Women TH prevailing style is patriotic, though not new. Martha Washing- ton was fond of it in 1776, and thou- sands of Mary Smiths are displaying it all over the country. It is a red- white-and-blue gown: the red of big- hearted courage, the white of sacrifice and lofty ideals, and the blue of hope for fair skies in days to come. And the stars that stud this gown are stars of nobility, whose lustre the years shall not dim and whose glory shall enhance the glory of advancing Womanhood Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue! E.J.K. © AHORSE! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” cried King Rich- ard. He was anxious to get away from Bosworth Field to renew his subserip- tion to Lire Pétrole Hahn Beautiful Hair Enhances Style Your hair must first be beautiful before it can truly portray fashion, Pétrole Hahn wall impart sheen, sofiness and tone that bemeak healthy hair. Its eatural, delicately perfumed Peroleum cleanses. nourishes and beauhes the res $1.50 ard $1.00 at dealers or by par- ipos. PARK & TILFORD Sele Agenss New York BELL-ANS bsolutely Removes Indigestion. One package Proves it. 25c at all druggists. Which Do You Prefer? For 5c. a day fuel cost you can keep your garage warm and your engine and car ready to start instantly any time. You do not have to ride in street cars or give up winter driv- ing. You run no risk of freeze-up, which would be expensive. “During the coldest weather ot the w perlectly, never allowing the garage t {0 degrees, altho at tines the outsidi zero 8 below. One-car System Complete only $65 ser my WACO worked to drop lower than ature ranged from be T sould not care to be without the WABCO. et 'W. R. MECKFESSEL, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y. and working to ter i motion and Systems for 1- to 10-car private garages READY-TO SET-UP All-cast-iron, coal burning, hot water heater with automatic regu- lator, pipes and connections cut to fit and handsome wall radiator. Some good territory open for live distributors. Quick delivery trom warehouses in Moston, Install your dealer. Write for proposition felt, May (Denver sed Kansas Jersey City Write for FREE Catalog and other letters of endorsement ‘our heating system before cold weather catches you. We will Any handy man can set up much appreciate the name and ad- WASco. dress 0} W. A. SCHLEIT MFG. CO., Inc., 18 Eastwood Sta., Syracuse, N. Y A 2eear WASCO System (with 2 radiators) $84. This heater and one radiator make a 1 The “Hoover” Creed I BELIEV econom, E in the efficiency of thrift, everlasting and the resur- rection of left-over: I believe in pure food and the best —properly prepared, wisely of materi consumed and scrupulously saved. I believe in the nation’s food con- troller, that his burden lighter; there is no pleasure ach crumb saved makes in over-feeding, and no peace with "in- digestion.” I believe in. the immortality of credit” bills, the high cost of deliver- ing, and the “cash” buyer. To the man who is guiding a nation through a period of dietetic perils, 1 it WASCO System, $65. pledge my support—in thought, word and action, now and forever—until the food war doth end. E. M. Furbush, Just As Good Two Jews, father and son, went for a stroll one ‘sweltering day. As they passed the boy turned to his father and said, longingly : “T vish you'd a vender of ice-cre ne some ice-cream, fader; 1 do feel hot.” His father gazed at him for a few see- onds in mild surprise. Then he ex- ned No. no, They, my poy: but I tell you vot I vill do; I'll tell you some ghost stories vot'll make your blood run cold!” —Tit-Bits. comicbooks.com