Life, 1918-05-09 · page 32 of 40
Life — May 9, 1918 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **humorous anecdotes and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The text pieces are short jokes typical of early 20th-century humor magazines: 1. **"Camouflage"**: A WWI-era anecdote about British soldiers (Northumberland Fusiliers) mistaking their commanding general's desk for a wooden box—satirizing military confusion and soldiers' resourcefulness during trench warfare. 2. **"Cowards"**: A bachelor/marriage joke attributed to humorist George Ade, playing on the paradox that single men fear all women while married men fear only one. 3. **"Professor"**: A brief joke about evolution, suggesting the theory isn't published (implying it's not legitimate). The advertisements promote **Egyptian Deities cigarettes**, **Cuticura soap/ointment**, **Footez cigars**, and **Stromberg carburetors**—typical commercial products of the era using period marketing language ("people of culture and refinement prefer..."). The page reflects **early 1900s humor conventions** and wartime references, with no significant political satire visible.
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