Life, 1918-06-06 · page 37 of 40
Life — June 6, 1918 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a **personal letter from a World War I soldier** stationed in France, combined with **product advertisements**. The letter describes military life: wading through mud, encountering historic French battlegrounds (near Julius Caesar's old roads), and an emotional reunion with his brother. The soldier expresses homesickness and gratitude that *Life* magazine reaches troops overseas, providing American morale support. The main advertisement features **Eno's Fruit Salt**, a laxative/digestive aid marketed for children with a cheerful illustration of a smiling girl. The copy claims it promotes health and prevents constipation while tasting pleasant. A secondary piece discusses **Rheims Cathedral's destruction**, likely referring to German bombardment during WWI. It argues that if victorious, the Allies should force Germany to rebuild the cathedral as a "penalty" for vandalism—a moral lesson in stone. The page reflects early-20th-century advertising aesthetics and wartime concerns, with product promotion mixed seamlessly into editorial content.
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London and Lloyd George haven't any time to be pestered with buck privates’ friends of distant relatives. I have done, or our company has done, quite a little traveling since I last wrote. I wish you could see us now, wading through mud up to our necks me coming in from work at n young old man, dressed in a pair of hip boots, an overall jacket, and an old hat, all this encased in a thick layer of mud. Honestly, us fellows don't have a clear conscience unless we are wading in mud and water at least ankle deep. Putting all jol it is a great if you don't weaken, no matter whether you are a buck private or a general. I am now situated in a very historic Zo part of France. Old Julius Caesar buil . te Qerivative Compound) the road near our camp and he fo: a big battle near here. On Sundays fellows go to this battlefield and dig up bones for souvenirs. There are several villages near here that haven't changed bit for five hundred years. A strange thing about these towns is that the wealth of the people is measured by the size of the manure pile in the front yard of each house. My brother and [ met for the first time the other day, for over six months We see each other quite often, we talk with each other about what we have done and what we are going to do, We both have come to the conclusive: that father was right, that there's no place like home. No doubt you think this is strange, but the longer we are away the more home and those connected with it seem like a wonderful dream we have had I believe I received all the copies of Lire you sent me. I sure do thank you for them, for it is the only American magazine we get that has any pep to it a iN TAT DS ; YL, we wiih ne ue Skeet mat A Happy, Healthy Little Body a good share for yourself. 1 \ y Animated features, a lively interest in play, and ‘an exuberance — of animal spirits, show a happy mind in a healthy little body. Fos: meth za To assist in promoting the health of children, and to prevent peters ny their lesser ailments, Eno’s “Fruit Salt” long has been a valued March 1, 1918. GENO“, and efficacious aid for constipation. Its bubbling sparkle and remain, Sincerely yours, Somewhere in France a t . ret ; BRUIT | agreeable taste win the childish fancy, and it is quite as safe Tt gentleman who proponuded the 05 S@ET- | and beneficial for children as it is for parents. famous inquiry. “Is life sworth 13 DERIVATIVE i : Sold by Druggists living?" would certai if he had thought a moment, have answered his kp Prepared only by J. C. Eno, Ltd., London, S. E., England Ron wees bai. gaxtng;.“Larentecworth Agents for the Continent of Ameri GACH HMELS, ON SEANIND). TARE, (Ore a Harold F, Ritchie & Co.,inee its annual subscription price. New York, U.S. A—Toronto, Can. Rheims wrought into stone, why not have in mind, if we come out the victor in this struggle, that “the penalty should in ‘ . : a measure fit the crime,” and insist that Seas simcity hat shelves, (a ND as ruins me ae remain as the destroyers build a new cathedral Berets fer eatat Sa : ? £"* a monument of vandalism. Begun under French architects, using for Sopra | in 1212, this cathedral stood through labor drafts from her militarist lead- all the centuries with all their wars ers, from the top down Kheims a pile of ruins. —Press report. he pile of until this one, If it has taken seven ruins to remain until the new one is hundred years to develop a people who finished. Tus Edwards Mfg. Co.. 336.386 Calvert St., Cincinsati, O. a hale : cies ae ere ele, Cove «S06 ses Colrert Se, Cartan: O- could commit this crime to material What is a lifetime compared to what Fectorios, Dept. Stores end oii pisces where weed ehelving te Bow wed. es eaii: * Ps . civilization as was expressed by art it took centuries to produce? comicbooks.com