Life, 1918-01-03 · page 11 of 40
Life — January 3, 1918 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon ("Give Him to the Cowboys")**: A satirical illustration showing figures in a tug-of-war over a central character labeled "AUSTRIANISM." The cowboys on either side represent opposing factions literally fighting over Austria's fate—likely referencing post-WWI disputes over Austrian territory and governance. **Main Text Section**: A wartime list of "Non-Essentials" suitable for railroad rationing—people deemed unproductive to the war effort. This includes lap-dog owners, golfers, and literary types, sarcastically suggesting who should be excluded from transportation resources during wartime scarcity. **"ABC of Kultur" Below**: Three political cartoons mocking German militarism and imperialism ("Kultur"), depicting Prussian eagles, aggressive expansion, and what appears to be German nationalist ideology as bloated, dangerous, and ultimately self-destructive.
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1¢ People Who Should Be Included in the Rail- road War Board's List of Non-Essentials TH individual who says that two can live as cheaply as one, The woman who can’t be separated from her lap-dog without suffering keenly. The rotten golfer who blames his three putts per green on the warped shaft of his putter. The near-literary party who loves to tell how Kipling is slumping. GIVE HIM TO THE COWBOYS A een The person who really can't afford to give any more to the Red Cross or the Y. M. C. A. The man who knows a man who has a brother who was on a crowded transport that was sunk without the War Department giving out the news. The woman who stops knitting for the soldiers and sailors because Josephus Daniels says it isn’t necessary. The individual who would like to have us believe that we have no quarrel with the German people Anybody with a grain of sympathy for Robert M. La Follette and his ideas, The A B C of Kultur stands for Superman. Ach, we are Smart! Super in Science and Super in Art, iss “Der Tag,” That Glorious Day When over the World we will hold Regal Sw stands for U-boat that’s under the y It is Sinking for you, It is Sinking for Me, Super in Everything under the — And the Proud Prus: Till every ship on the Face of the Sun in triumph shall Wave Wave Is the Super Self-satisfied Son O'er the Land of the Serf and Shall be “ Spurlos Versenkt” in of a Hun. the Home of the Slave. a Watery Grave. comicbooks.com