Life, 1918-02-21 · page 32 of 40
Life — February 21, 1918 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine (likely WWI-era, given references to "the front") contains several satirical pieces: **"Reverses on the American Front"** cartoon depicts a caricatured German soldier labeled "Hoover," mocking American food conservation efforts. Herbert Hoover led the U.S. Food Administration during WWI, promoting rationing. The cartoon suggests Germans are retreating due to American abundance—dark wartime humor. **"Remembered His Arithmetic"** jokes about an American soldier's drunken confusion over British currency ("five and six" shillings), humorously portraying American soldiers as unfamiliar with foreign money. **"A Female Veteran"** quips that a general's daughter has endured more romantic "engagements" than her elderly father. **"Kindness"** anecdote satirizes British wartime sentimentality—a woman claims she walked with another man only out of "kindness," checking the library daily to see if her boyfriend was killed. The advertisements for The Hollenden hotel and European travel plans occupy significant space, indicating this is primarily a commercial-editorial blend typical of the period.
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“Wonderful Man” Oh, never a brute in the forest, And never a snake in the fen, Or ravening bird, starvation stirred, Has hunted his prey like men: For hunger and fear and passion Alone drive beasts to slay, But wonderful man, the crown of the plan, Tortures and kills for play. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Kindness Private Simpkins had returned from the front to find that his girl had been walk- ing 07 with another young man, and naturally asked her to explain her fre- quent promenades in the town with the gentleman. “ Well, dear,” she replied, “it was only kindness on his part. He just took me down every day to the library to see if you were killed.”"—London Opinion, ublished every Thursday, si and British Possessions. Title registered in da, $2 cents. date of publication, ¢ tert and illustrati to Lire, Rolls How ® are copyrigl European Plan with Bath: For One Person to $3 For Two Persons $3.50 to $6 w ith Twin Beds $4, to $6 Suites at various prices. 800 Rooms Four Restaurants. (Correctness in every detail of made the four Hollenden throughout the country. Every other department of this the same exacting attention to the little things. el a AvT NULLus neously in the Ur ntries in the . Back numbers, after three m Breams Buildings, Fetter Lane, Lond. Remembered His Arithmetic Another thing that will puzzle our sol- diers is English money. One time an American who was the worse for drink was traveling in a the guard asked for his ticket. “Got none! Le dered the Yank, The guard took out his ticket schedule. “ Five and six, Please,” he said tersely, “ Whazat?” que: “Five and six, plea guard. Eleven,” said the Yank. “ Now move ‘long to ze next boy.” —Boston Transcript. ailway carriage when me ‘lone !" maun- the tipsy one repeated the A Female Veteran He: Isn't that General Blank and his daughter over there Sue: Yes. They say that she has vagements than her been through more old father.—Roston Transcript, Hwa “Au,” said the golfer who was skat- EX. ing, as the ice gave way beneath him, “at last I have developed a perfect fol REVERSES ON THE AMERICAN FRONT low through.”"—Detroit Free Press. at Britain, Lire is for sale by all ed States, G ‘fer wsdealers in A at Batis and i, nt Office, $eo0 a yeae sellers an_all. the principal cities in. the work . enh fice: $s:00resyeal Livt's London Office, Rolls House, Breams Buildings, ostal Union, $1.04 a year contributions css accompanied by “st mped and addr of pr Fi For "Reprint Rights pGeel Britain _ Notice of change of address should reach this ten days prior to the date of issue to be affected, | — ——} i f I i ? t ; « ‘ 4 : i | ' food and service h dining rooms famous hotel is operated with VENINS FOR KATRINA logies to Paul Stahr)