Life, 1918-01-03 · page 2 of 40
Life — January 3, 1918 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and light editorial content**, not political satire. The large California Resort Hotels advertisement features a romantic scene of two figures in what appears to be a mission or Spanish colonial setting, promoting winter travel via the Santa Fe railroad. The right column contains "The Satisfied Tax-Payer," a humorous poem by John Kendrick Bangs mocking someone's cheerful acceptance of various taxes and fees—from movie taxes to postal stamps to train fares. The satire is gentle: the speaker claims not to mind these patriotic contributions, listing absurdities (taxing "neckties and cigars," "pink angora cats") to underscore how pervasive taxation has become. The "Suggestions for a Design" section appears to be a separate editorial feature proposing WWI-related imagery for a postage stamp.
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