Life, 1918-08-08 · page 10 of 36
Life — August 8, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical pieces from Life magazine (a humor publication, not the photo magazine): 1. **"Life's Horoscopes"** by William Crawford Gorgas - astrological character sketches of public figures (two portraits shown, but their identities aren't clearly labeled in visible text). 2. **A WWI-era cartoon** showing an "Enemy Alien" in an internment camp speaking with guards about hospital conditions, making dark humor about wartime detention. 3. **"That Was Different"** - a brief comedic dialogue between a court and a mother about her son avoiding factory work by claiming he needs to act in movies instead. The humor relies on wartime anxieties, bureaucratic absurdity, and domestic comedy typical of American satirical magazines during the World War I period.
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Life’s Horoscopes WILLIAM CRAWFORD GORGAS ITH Mercury, Mars and Nep- tune in full vaccine with the Panama Belt, mosquites on the face | of the Moon and the orbit of Aries crossed with the goat, this young man appeared in Mobile, Alabama, on October 3, 1854, Dauphin Avenue and the Battle House being in transit with the lower hay and Tombigbees in- oculated with the Big Dipper. Under the cusp of Saturn, in perihelion with Norma and Microscopium and con- stantly attended by osteopaths, he is destined to live long, but, if prescribed for in the usual way, should beware of snow, rain, hail and ocean travel. Will do his best work in silence and without interference, in the presence of a iumerous army, Looks hest in an antiseptic mother hub- bard of fluted rubber, with tire irons on the side, and when Secretary of ‘emoving appendixes or conferring with the War should invariably wear a wind shield. ROBERT LANSING ITH the Great Bea ends, Mars crossed with the house of Bryan and Neptune in sub- mersion with sea wolves, this gentle- man was born in Watertown, New York, on October 17, 1864. Since then he has been attending strictly to business, and being too modest to at- tempt being President, is therefore doing good work keeping his name out of the papers wiring a unique distinction as one of the few members of the Cabinet not writing for the Hearst papers. Is possessed of a sanguine disposition, knows there is a on his beam war going on, and should heware of southern congressmen and foreign ambassadors, and sce Colonel House at least once a week, Looks well in bifureated passports, and if asked to sing ny time, should confine himself to that popular ditty composed hy Mr, Garfield, entitled, “ Keep the Home Fires Burning—Mayhe.” When Teddy Bears are rising and the perihelion of the Pleiades is crossed with Oyster Bay, should look pleasant, but not too pleasant, taking only one McAdoo tablet before meals or imme- diately after retiring for the night, always bearing in mind that, no matter what happens to him, he is still in trans- parency with the G. O. P. That Was Different HE COURT (to mother) : boy of yours act in the movies you'll have to get a permit. Mornek: No, your honor, not in the movies, ing to work in a factory. “Well, why didn’t you say so before?” If you are going to let that He's go- Enemy Alien (just released): Goot-PYe, “ADDLE. INTERN- MENT CAMP! I SHALL ALVAYS FEEL DOT DE DA NT Muti YOUR CONFINES VERE DE MOST COMFORTABLE OF MEIN LIFE, IRST RED CROSS WORKER: never bomb your hospital ? Stcoxp Rev Cross Worker: We have it camouflaged to look like a brewery. How is it the Huns SNAPSHOT OF HERR PROFESSOR SCHNIFFLEKOPF, UNTIL NOW A STAUNCH UPHOLDER OF THE THEORY THAT “ MIGHT IS RIGHT” comicbooks.com