Life, 1918-06-27 · page 33 of 37
Life — June 27, 1918 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **book review and advertising section** from Life magazine (page 1041), likely from the WWI era based on content. The small **cartoon titled "Doing His Bit"** shows a woman seated while a small child plays at her feet—a domestic scene illustrating home-front life during wartime. The caption's phrase "doing his bit" was contemporary WWI slang meaning contributing to the war effort. The **book reviews** prominently feature war-related titles (*They The Crucified and Comrades*, *Over Periscope Pond*, *The Big Fight*), reflecting Americans' intense interest in the conflict. **Advertisements** include E.Z. Garter (men's clothing), Cheeona Evans Non-Intoxicating Ale, and a **Colorado tourism ad** promoting national parks as summer recreation—encouraging civilians to visit while positioned as patriotic rest before/after war contributions. The page captures wartime American culture: literary interest in the war, commercial normalcy, and promotion of leisure as a form of national service.
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pnly WEARERS ow This Comfort Try apair yourself, See how htly thepatented Wide Wcb- Isg rests on muscles and Lins. Men who wear them , Say they'll never any other. E.Z. “THE ONE THAT WON'T BIND” ARTER finish, 2Scforlisle. Also the E.Z.2-Grip,60c and 40c,and -Laxe, $1. If not at dealer's, send his name and OS. B. TAYLOR CO., Dept. E, Bridgeport, Books Received Fiction Rekindled Fires, by Joseph Anthony. (Henry Holt & Co., $1.40.) A study of home life in a Bohew niunity. When “Bear Cat” Went Dry, Charles Neville Buck. (W. J. Watt & Co., $1.40.) The story of a young man’s fight against inebriety and lawlessness in the Cumberlands an-American com: The Statue in the Wood, by Richard Pryce. (Houghton, Mifflin Company, $430.) A novel of the mid-Victorian period portraying a young widow's awak- ening My Airman Qver There, by his wife. (Moffat, Yard & Co., A homely love story and a romance of the air in the form of letters. The Stucco House, by Gilbert Cannan, (George H. Doran Company, $1.50.) A novel dramatizing the personal problem of a middle-aged romanticist tonditioned by industrialism. Green and Gay, by Lee Holt. (John Lane Company, $1.40.) A. hospital ro- mance of Normandy. NAQ A delightful non-intoxicating beverage for Cottage, Club and Camp. Substantial, satisfy. ing and healthful with meals or betweenthem. Upto-Date Grocers, Druggists and Dealers EVANS & SONS = Fiublshed 17% ~=HUDSON, N. Y. obligation, His Job, by Horace Bleackley. (John Lane Company, $1.40.) A story of indus- trial England before the war. Suspense, by Isabel Ostrander. (Rob- ert McBride & Co., $1.40.) A mystery story by the author of “ The Clue in the Air.” Poetry and Drama They The Crucified and Comrades, by Florence Taber Holt. (Houghton, Mif- flin Company, $1.) Two short plays of the war in France and Belgium. The Two Cromwells, by Liddell De Lesseline. (Stewart & Kidd Company, Cincinnati, $1.) A tragedy written in prose on the theme of a rulers moral duty, The Habitant, by William Henry Drum- mond, (G. P. Putnam's Sons.) A new edition of Drummond's French-Canadian poems. The Shadow-Eater, by Benjamin De Casseres.. (The Wilmarth Publishing Company, New York.) A volume of poems or rhythmic utterances of the re- jection and negation of life. Essays The Great Thousand Years, by Ralph Adams Cram, (Marshall Jones Com- pany, Boston, $1.) A study of mediaeval. ism and the monastic idea by a Catholic philosopher of history American Education, by Sydney G. Fisher, (Richard C. Badger, Boston, $1.25.) An elementary exposition of edi cational methods. The War The War 1 After, by Sir Oliver Lodge. (George H. Doran Company $1.50.) A philosophical study of international history and a discussion of after-war problems Over Periscope Pond, by Esther Sayles Root and Marjorie Crocker. (Houghton, Mifflin Company, $1.50.) The home let- ters of two American girls who volun- teered for war work in Paris. The Big Fight, by Capt. David Fallon, MC. (W. J. Watt & Co, $1.50.) A xraphic narrative by an Australian officer who fought at Gallipoli and won the Military Cross at the Somme. “DOING HIS BIT" Berthoud s Rocky Mowe tionl Pak -Colrado- “Go out over the Western hills, and you will come back, as I have come back, ithout de- pression, with @ heart full of. confidence,” says ‘Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, Your National Parks are Open This Year REDUCED RAILROAD FARES Uncle Sam Invites You to Rest and Re- cuperate This Summer in These Won- derful Natural Recreation Spots. In the Snow-Cooled Breezes, among the Peaks and Pines of the Colorado Rockies, You Can Relax and Gain New Strength and Inspiration to Serve Your Coun- try More. DENVER, THE GATEWAY to 12 National Parks and 32 National Monuments Let us help you plan your Wester trip, tell you where to go, what to sce, how to get there, and what it costs. Send for descriptive literature. DENVER TOURIST BUREAU 611 Seventeenth St. | Denver, Colorado Chicago, Kansas ce at Colorado Spgs, Just Behind the Front in France, by Noble Foster Hoggson. (John Lane Company, $1.50.) The impressions of a member of the Industrial Commission to France. The Roots of the War, by William Stearns Davis, in collaboration with Wil- liam Anderson and Mason W. Tyler, (The Century Company, $1.50.) A popu- lar history of international relations in the period of German ascendancy. MVE dollars is rth five dollars the world over, thanks to the world’s final recognition of America’s greatness. But it’s worth a good deal more than five dollars if it's put into an annual subscription to Lire. comicbooks.com