Life, 1918-08-29 · page 14 of 34
Life — August 29, 1918 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct pieces: **"The Marines"** — A poem praising U.S. Marines for their global service and discipline, celebrating their role in maintaining order and peace. **"Seriously Ill" cartoon** — Shows a sick camel complaining about stomach aches to a nurse, with the caption mocking someone who has eaten "camels, yelling like that over a mere stomach-ache." The humor derives from the absurdity of the situation and the camel's exaggerated complaint. **"Out of It" interview** — A brief comic exchange where a publisher questions an applicant about literary experience. The applicant claims screenwriting work, but the publisher dismisses this, insisting the candidate needs "knowledge of grammar and spelling" — satirizing Hollywood's perceived lack of literary standards. The right illustration shows two military officers meeting in vegetation, labeled as brothers encountering privately.
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302 *LIFE® The Marines THEYVE kept the flag as stainless as the honor of their corps Since first the flag was born to make men free— Our ination’s fighting vanguard of the ocean and the shore, The ever-ready Soldiers of the Sea. Though Behring might be frigid, or the weather might be hot In Hayti and the sunny Philippines, Wherever there was trouble they were foremost on the spot, The East-by-West United States Marines. They never questioned what an order hid; They never balked at odds of three to one; They went where they were sent; they did as they were bid, And when you heard about it, it was done! They take their little journeys on a warship, as a rule; But they can make a trip, in By dromedary, omnibus, or eley Or anything that shows a t They've done some pretty fighting (with appropriate re- se of need, ant, or mule, of speed. grets); They've done a heap for Universal Peace; SERIOUSLY ILL. “ SHAME ON YOU, WILLIE CAMEL, YELLING LIKE THAT OVER A MERE STOMACH-ACHE!” “YES, RUT I'VE GOT FOUR STOMACHS, AND THEY'KE ALL ACHING AT ONCE.” Out of It BLISHER: What lite viously had? Appuicant: I've been writing the sercen text for the moving pictures. “Tm knowledge of grammar and spelling.” y experience have you pre- tid you won't do. Our man must have some For Law-and-Order marches with the flashing bayonets Of Uncle Sam's Terrestrial Police. Their badge of “ Here and There and Everywhere” Is blazoned on their banner, floating high The Anchor for the sea, the Eagle for the air, The Globe for all the lands beneath the sky. They've heard the word “impossible,” hut don’t know what it means. They scorn the vulgar bonds of space and clime ; For Uncle Sam's ubiquitous United States Marines Are doing something, somewhere, all the time. Perhaps they're winning victories with diplomatic wiles, Or decimating predatory ranks; They may be running governments on palmy tropic isles, Or Sunday-schools, or hydroplanes, or tanks, Or serving out destruction, hot or cold, Or charging down the muzzle of a gun. They go where they are sent; they do what they are told, And you may hear about it when it’s done. Arthur Guiterman, CONN O74 “a errs SECOND-LIEUTENANT TOMLINSON AND PRIVATE TOMLINSON (OWN DROTHERS IN PRIVATE LIFE) MEET IN 4 SECLUDED SPOT comicbooks.com