Life, 1918-08-01 · page 28 of 36
Life — August 1, 1918 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief humorous anecdotes typical of early 20th-century American satire: **"Mother Knew"**: A museum attendant mistakes a child's poor scripture knowledge for ignorance, when the mother suggests her daughter simply has a bad memory for religious details—a gentle jab at religious education. **"Progressing"**: A man claims to economize by reducing expenses, but only manages a trivial slowdown—satirizing hollow New Year's resolutions. **"As It Seems"**: Dark humor about a businessman who refuses to lock his safe because burglars might damage it—mocking illogical penny-pinching. **"The Hardest"**: A roller-skating instructor's deadpan reply that "the floor" is hardest—absurdist humor. The page also includes vintage advertisements and a nursery rhyme adaptation about "Little Bo Peep," reinterpreting the character as having lost sheep but carelessly substituted government pigs—likely satirizing wartime resource management or bureaucratic inefficiency, though the specific historical context remains unclear.
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