Life, 1918-06-13 · page 11 of 36
Life — June 13, 1918 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct cartoons labeled "Historic Boys": **Left cartoon ("Charlie Hughes"):** Shows a caricatured man at scales of justice, with text mentioning remodeling a golf clubhouse by enlarging lockers "for bottles." This appears to satirize prohibition-era hypocrisy—the subject claims civic improvement while actually accommodating alcohol storage, mocking those who flouted liquor laws. **Right cartoon ("The Armour Kid"):** Depicts a man with hanging meat carcasses labeled "Fine Hams," holding a price tag marked "50." **"The Not Too Patriotic Contractor" story:** Criticizes an Army contractor who profiteered during wartime by charging inflated prices for substandard goods rather than serving the government faithfully—satirizing wartime corruption and unpatriotic greed.
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HISTORIC BOYS CHARLIE HUGHES Improvements? “QINCE the local-option law went into effect we have had to remodel our golf-club house.” “What for?" “Well, we used to build the men's lockers to hold nothing but clubs, but now we have to enlarge them for bottles.” IN THE “GARDEN OF ALLAK” THE ARMOUR KID The Not Too Patriotic Contractor ONE upon a time there was an Army Contractor who was patriotic. And he took counsel with his friends and with the Wise Men of the Land, and he reached the conclusion that it was not at all inconsistent with his patriotism, but, on the contrary, quite the proper and helpful thing, to do business with the Government and make a modest profit, and thus accumulate a comfortable fortune or even become moder- ately wealthy. : But he also learned that if he were rot too patriotic he could gouge the Government, furnishing shoddy goods and charging exorbitant prices, and thus make outrageous profits and become indecently and plethorically rich. And being born under that particular star which special- izes in greed, he chose the latter course, and for a time he flourished like the proverbial green hay tree or like the most aggressive porker in the sty. But there came a time when it was discovered by the People that his Patriotism was away below par, and that it was calculated to pay dividends to nobody but himself. Whereupon the People did wax wroth and grow exceed- ing indignant, and they did administer unto the Army Con- tractor such condign and egregious treatment as seemed mect to them under the circumstances. comicbooks.com