Life, 1918-08-08 · page 33 of 36
Life — August 8, 1918 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct sections: **Top Left - "Obstructing Traffic" Cartoon:** A satirical sketch depicting two Scottish soldiers ("kilties") in WWI France exchanging stories. The dialogue uses heavy Scottish dialect to humorously contrast masculine bravado with domestic reality—one soldier boasts his wife sent him off with tough love, saying she'd wound him herself rather than see him shirk duty. The satire gently mocks both wartime masculinity and the gap between soldiers' heroic self-image and their actual circumstances. **Right Side - Remington Ammunition Advertisement:** A full-page ad for waterproof shotgun shells featuring dramatic hunting imagery. This is straightforward commercial content targeting hunters, emphasizing product reliability in wet conditions. **Bottom - "Home, Sweet (?) Home" Anecdote:** A humorous short story about an East Side (working-class New York) boy invited to a wealthy farmer's home. The joke relies on class contrast: the boy finds rural sounds (guinea fowl, owls) terrifying and unfamiliar, preferring the known dangers of urban streets to the "unknown" countryside—inverting typical pastoral romanticism.
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OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC His Fate WO “kilties” from the same Scot- tish town met in a rest camp “somewhere in France,” and started to exchange confidences. “Whit like a send-off did yer wuman andy, when ye left fur asked Jock, presently, it a fresh cigarette before re- s she, ‘Noo, there's yer train, n ye get, an’ see an’ do yer duty. ma mannie, if I thocht ye wud shirk it oot yonder I wud see ye was wounded afore ye gang off!’ That's the send-off she gacd me, Sandy.” “Mum” (Gas easy to use as to say) —use it after every bath “Mum’? neutralizes all body odors as they oc-| cur. ° Never interrupts natural functions. Harm- less, stainless, beneficial. | Lasts from bath to bath. | | For men and women. 25e—at drug- and department-stores. “Shon” (sa Trade shark registered in U.S. Patent Office. “Mum” Mfg Co 1106 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Wetproof Steel Lined Shot Shells OUBLE your duck hunting luck in rough weather with the right shotshells— Remington UMC Smokeless “Arrow” or “Nitro Club” Wetproof Steel Lined “Speed Shells.” made to stay dry and firm as a bullet regardless how wet the pocket that contains thera, and shoot right. There will be no hitch at a critical moment—no gun jammed with a water soaked and swelled shell—no fizzled shots from mushy turnovers of the shell ends (crimps). or misfires from soaked primers. The same smooth working, high velocity and good pattern as always. Remington UMC Smokeless “Arrow” and “Nitro Club” ‘Wetproof Steel Lined “Speed Shells” are comAletely proofed against wet by a wonderful and exclusive process. You will not be able to sce the Wetproof improvement, but you will know it is there when you put your shells to the test of shooting under conditions which only ‘Wetproof shells can stand. Sold by Sporting Goods Dealers in Your Community THE REMINGTON ARMS UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., Inc. Largest Manufacturers of Srearme and Ammunition in the World ‘WOOLWORTH BUILDING NEW YORK CITY ME OAT Home, Sweet (?) Home GENTLEMAN farmer thought “What's makin’ de noise, mister?” The gentleman replied, “Oh, those are the guineas.” The boy cried in hor- he would do a kind act and in- vite an East Side boy in his employ to spend a short vacation on his farm. This boy knew what city parks were like, vaguely, for he did not frequent them, but the sights and sounds of the real country were an unknown thing to him. As they motored up to the farm- house a weird cackle met their ears. The boy exclaimed in excitement, ror, “If de guineas mak’ noises like dat out here [ wants to go home!” An explanation and a view of the guineas quieted him for a while; but after a sleepless night, full of terror of the unfamiliar silences and the oc- casional strange and dreadful hoots of a screech-owl, the boy b d to be sent back home to the East Side, which held no terrors for him.