Life, 1918-06-27 · page 10 of 37
Life — June 27, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content from WWI-era Life magazine: 1. **"Her Boy"** (poem by Charlotte Becker): A sentimental patriotic poem about a mother's son who dreams of heroic warfare, ultimately dies saving French homes, written to inspire pride in military sacrifice. 2. **The main cartoon**: Shows two men exchanging an American flag, captioned as addressing "loyal German-Americans" who oppose militarism and are sending their sons "over there" to crush it—satirizing German-American patriotism during U.S. involvement in WWI. 3. **"The Hooverized Wedding"**: A satirical piece mocking Food Administration wartime rationing by imagining weddings stripped of celebratory foods—corn muffins and rye replacing traditional fare—absurdly extending rationing into ceremonial life. The page reflects American WWI patriotism and domestic wartime sacrifice messaging.
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“Her Boy”’ Y lad was such a home boy; every night He'd curl up in that big, brown, shabby chair, And dream of knights and swords and maidens fair; When war came, he would liken each grim fight With those his dear “Round Table” waged for right; And dreadful things his young heart couldn't bear, That happened babes and mothers “over there, Fired his gray ight. ahad’s. eyes with pure Of course he went to rescue in their Lp LANGE fee LG need Those helpless ‘mothers and their little ones; His captain seven sons To follow him, so proud I was to read !— “ Because he loved his home with such romance, He gave his life to save the homes of France.” wrote—I wished I'd Charlotte Becker. LIEUTENANT JONES, PRACTISING CAMOUFLAGE, DISTURBS UNCLE RASTUS HERE'S TO THOSE LOYAL GERMAN-AMFRICANS WHO, COMING TO AMERICA TO ESCAPE MILITARISM, ARE NOW SENDING THEIR SONS “OVER THERE” To CRUSH IT! The Hooverized Wedding HE Food Administration has protested against the rice wasted on bridal couples. Now, why doesn’t the Fuel Administration take up the question of all the calories that are wasted by young people who fall in love with those whom they never marry? A great many calories are squan- dered on park benches on moonlight nights. If all the food products are to be removed from the nuptial ceremony, how about the “flour” girls, not to say the orange blossoms? Are these also to he banned from the hanns? Hereafter, those who take chances at the chancel will have to content themselves with “wry” bread at the wed- ding breakfast. And the Hooverized marriage service will run something like this: I, M., take thee, N., to my wheatless wife, to save and conserve from this day forward, for corn muffins and rye, for heefess and porkless, forsaking all starchy foods, until hunger us do part (or the Food Administration). If the ate Committee for Deepening Waterways will forbid giving fees to the parsons, marriage will hecome quite popular, And there will still be old shoes, which are not foodstuffs, except in Germany, “DAPA sat in his own pew in church to-day.” “But he was lat ind I thought you had to get there at five minutes to eleven to get your own pew.” “You do; but the usher had never seen papa before, so he ushered him right into it.” comicbooks#mm