Life, 1918-01-24 · page 36 of 40
Life — January 24, 1918 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several brief satirical pieces typical of Life magazine's humor: **"Our Foolish Contemporaries"** presents short jokes mocking social behavior—British working-class men's table manners, a farmer's dismissal of language skills as irrelevant to soldiers, and similar observations. **"He Had to Go Shopping"** jokes about an Irish soldier (Pat) wearing a captured Prussian helmet, claiming he killed a hundred Germans to get one that fit. The humor plays on Irish stereotypes and the absurdity of war accounting. **"The New-Fashioned Girl"** satirizes changing gender roles—the modern woman now takes charge ("Give it more gas, George") rather than deferring to men, inverting traditional dynamics. The page also contains period advertisements (Egyptian Deities cigarettes, Armored Tank Belt Watch, Bell-Ans antacid) and a brief article about farm mortgages as investments. The humor relies on class stereotypes, gender role reversals, and Irish caricatures common to 1910s-era American satire.
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