Life, 1918-06-06 · page 10 of 40
Life — June 6, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This 1920s Life page satirizes prominent figures through mock horoscopes. **George Harvey** (editor, born 1823) is ridiculed for his involvement with *Harper's Weekly* and predicted career moves. **George Gray Barnard** (sculptor) faces mockery for avoiding "realistic forms." **Mary Pickford** (silent film star) is skewered for her public image and romantic life. The bottom section, "Concerning Babies," contains xenophobic satire claiming babies are "potentially Germans" who could become criminals unless properly trained—reflecting post-WWI anti-German sentiment prevalent in American media. The cartoon illustration shows a family scene with comedic caption about stealing a piano, typical of Life's satirical humor targeting contemporary social anxieties and celebrity culture.
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Life’s Horoscopes GEORGE HARVEY THs gentleman was born in the cusp of the Democratic party on February 16, 1864, with norman hap- goods vibrant, harry harpers two points on the starboard bow and | North American Reviews in requiem with Harper's Weeklics. He has a Phi Beta Kappa disposition; should avoid measles, mumps, public ban- quets and Bakeritis, and looks well in pink creels and pacifist spats with administration knockers on the side. Will do his best work as editor of Fliegende Blatter, or head keeper of the American Revels in Berlin in 1920. When Mars and Jupiter are in perihelion with the zone system and Libra is dormant with Wattersonian aurora borealises should remain quietly at home, reading the Lamentations of Jeremiah. GEORGE GRAY BARNARD HIS gentleman was born in Penn- (ees | sylvania under the sign of a lu- gubrious Hercules, with Pegasus in brotherly love with Taurus and Pari- an marble giants battling for the au- tocracy of the Solar system. He looks well in Kentucky overalls. Should avoid Abraham Lincolns or other forms of realism, and confine him- self to allegories, When going on journeys beware of a stop-over in London. MARY PICKFORD ITH Pollyannas forming on the face of the moon, Pegasus, Her- cules and Neptune in short skirts, Venus in osculation with Jupiter, and honey bees lined upon the Milky Way, this young lady was born in Toronto in 183, with golden cagles flying north, south, east and west, and. all the other planets holding hands. She has pleasant, light-housekeep- ing disposition; should beware of ever growing up, and avoid nat good- wins, highbrows and the drama. Will do her best work as a coupon cutter in the Philadelphia mint. Conceming Babies Every man is born a German before he becomes a Christian.—A Berlin professor to Prof. Schofield of Harvard. HERE is some truth in this statement, but not enough to justify complete race-suicide. Many babies are potentially Germans, in that they can be “The lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine” (When the girls are really converted to Prohibition the cause will be won) made thieves, murderers and liars if they are taken in hand at a sufficiently early age and carefully trained along those lines. However, it is fair to assume that America and Great Britain and France and Italy and other civilized nations will never import Germans for the purpose of training babies in the German fashion. The world at large can therefore continue to have babies without any fear that their minds will be debauched and their latent powers for evil developed. ULTIMATUM Father of Daughters: UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO CALL THE POLICE, YOU'VE GOT TO STEAL THAT PIANO! comicbookstegnay