Life, 1918-04-11 · page 14 of 44
Life — April 11, 1918 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This satirical page from Life magazine contains several pieces mocking social and wartime conditions: **"A War Tax"** (poem by Charlotte Becker): Satirizes the financial burden of World War I on ordinary Irish citizens, describing a woman forced into uncomfortable promises due to economic desperation. **"Brains and Hats"**: Critiques the disappearing custom of gentlemen removing hats in ladies' presence, suggesting modern manners are declining. **"Good Business"**: A brief dialogue mocking both dog trainers and Christian Scientists through absurdist reasoning. **"The Naked Truth"** (cartoon, top right): Depicts a uniformed officer presenting a naked man, likely satirizing military recruitment or the stripping away of civilian dignity through war service. **Bottom cartoon**: Shows Mrs. Hippo rationing hay to stretch her food budget during wartime scarcity—satirizing civilian hardship and rationing measures.
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590 A War Tax FAltH, Tim ‘as just enlisted, An’ left for Dublin town; "E ‘eld ‘is ‘ead that airy "E might ‘ave wore a crown; °E begged so ‘ard, an’ showed me A rose ’id in 'is pack, I ‘ad to say I'd wed im Whin 'e'd be comin’ back. Me ’cart ached so for Patsy I 'ad to swear the loike, An’ whin I promised Terence, I'd not be slightin’ Moike ; I said I'd not be bound till They'd kilt a ‘un or two, But they was so persuasive, What could a poor gurl do? THE NAKED TRUTH Socialist: sce! TAKE OFF HIS FANCY UNIFORM AND MEDALS AND HE 1S NO BETTER THAN THE REST OF US Shure, I was mad entoirely Whin Delia took the whim— She always was a sly thing— To do the same by thim. Good Business Acrostic The trenches won't need warmin’ — ; nen a. Tey Stagione ALESMAN (in dog shop): That — Laughable lyrics lightly lilting. pup over there is a fierce little Inimitable iconoclasms ideally illus: Still, isn't it wan's duty i brute. Wants to bite everybody. What To thry an’ cheer the byes? trated. Charlotie Becker, shall T do with him? . ol tee cg Proraicron: “We must have a little Filosopical frases fancifully fashe Brai dH patience and try to sell him to a Chris- __ioned. t rains and Flats tian Scientist. Enilless epigrams eliminating ennui, 'HERE are changes in the styles of politeness, just as there are in clothes and other things. At one time it was expected that every true gentle- man would get up and give his seat to a lady in public vehicles. This fashion appears to be going out, especially in large cities. It is no longer, as it once was, expedient for a gentleman to re- move his hat in an elevator in the pres- ence of a lady. But men are still polite to women mentally. Men do not argue with woman any more than they have always done. If a woman says that a certain thing is so, no man tells her that she is wrong, and the handsomer and cleverer she is the less inclined is the man to differ with her outwardly. That is to say, men doff their brains to women as of old, if not always their hats. OWNER OF MAGAZINE Can you support my daughter in the misery to which she has become accus- tomed since the war opened? Mrs. Hippo: YS, MY DEAR, I'M HOOVERIZING LIKE EVERYONE ELSF. I'VE CUT Easily. I am a jeweler.” DOWN TO ONLY ONE BALF OF HAY FOK EACH MEAL eel PAA thts,