Life, 1918-03-14 · page 29 of 40
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**Top Cartoon ("The Willowbys' Ward"):** A film comedy scene where Molly's movie-industry friends persuade a wealthy family (the Willowbys) to appear in a Red Cross benefit film. The satire targets society people's vanity—they're willing to participate in wartime charitable work primarily for the glamour and publicity of appearing in movies, not from genuine altruism. **"Every Little Pig Helps":** Satirizes high-society fashion trends' destructive impact. Mrs. Burden, a socialite, chairs a "Committee on Pigs for Long Island," promoting pig conservation. The author notes that wealthy women have historically killed countless animals for furs and feathers. The piece uses humorous exaggeration to suggest that if society women can be persuaded to protect pigs instead of slaughtering egrets and lambs for fashion, it would actually benefit conservation. **"National Salutations":** Comic wartime dialogue between soldiers of different nations (German, French, Austrian, English, Turkish, American), each offering sarcastic "greetings" referencing their respective wartime experiences and frustrations—a satirical comment on wartime tensions.
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THE WILLOWBYS' WARD. 45 MOLLY’s “ MOVIE FRIENDS PERSUADE THE WILLOWBYS ZO APPEAR IN A FILM THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THE RED CROSS Every Little Pig Helps HE Villager, an extraordinarily intelligent paper pub- lished at Katonah, New York, refers to the fact that Mrs. Burden, widely known in society, has taken the chair- manship of the Committee on Pigs for Long Island, and quotes Rabelais's story about Diogenes to imply that those who have the appearance of being busy do not always “ arrive. Ellis Parker Butler lives on Long Island. Perhaps he is on this committee with Mrs. Burden, That ought to help. Pigs are useful animals. They supply nourishment, in variety of forms, oil, music and perfumery. If they are going to be popularized by society women, the practical results may be highly beneficial. he power of a fashionable example is enormous. For many years now society women have been directly responsi- ble for the murder of countless animals and birds, and have worn their skins and plumes on their shoulders and heads. If Mrs. Burden can, as chairman of a pig com- mittee, get the women of her class interested in conserving the lives of pigs, instead of shortening the lives of egrets and baby lambs, her work, after all, will not be in vain. Three squeals for Mrs. Burden! National Salutations ERMAN: Good morning! this - morning? French: Good evening! ‘ance? RIAN SLASH: night, eh? Turkisu: draft! AMERICAN: Have you cursed England Why have you not yet died Good luck! ad to see ) And damn the , old top! Beautiful raid last May Allah preserve you from the German Howdy? Sce you “over there” later! Benjamin De Casseres. OW did Hodgson get his reputation as an authority on finance?” “ By never talking for publication.” - ~ comicbooks.com