Life, 1918-08-29 · page 30 of 34
Life — August 29, 1918 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several brief humorous anecdotes typical of Life's satirical style, plus advertisements. **"Hooveresque Delicacies"** mocks food rationing during WWI by showing a cook creatively repurposing leftover ingredients—the title references Food Controller Herbert Hoover's rationing program, suggesting Americans had to make do with improvised dishes. **"In Hold Hengland"** jokes about British bureaucracy: a boy can't go fishing because he's lost his "worm ticket," satirizing excessive wartime regulations. **"He Raised 'Em"** features Hoover telling an anecdote about a profiteer who raised chicken prices from 70 to 94 cents per pound, then claims he "raised them himself"—a pun mocking both wartime price-gouging and the double meaning of "raise." The page's tone targets wartime shortages, food controllers, and profiteers exploiting rationing. The tree illustration titled "The Tree of Knowledge" appears decorative rather than satirical. The page is primarily editorial content with period advertisements for Egyptian Deities cigarettes and a Life aeroplane photo contest.
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e Hooveresque Delicacies “ Neurasthenia,” said Mrs. Biggums to her cook, “I think we will have some chicken croquettes to-day out of that left- over pork and calves’ liver.” “Yes'm,” said Neurasthenia, called Teeny for short. “ An’ we got a little bread dressin’ what went wid the pork, mum. Shall I make some apple sauce outn hit, mum?” —Richmond Times Dispatch. In |Hold Hengland First Enetisu Boy: Comin’ fishin’, Bill? Seconp Ditto: No, can't come fishin’ to-day; I lost me worm ticket —Boston Transcript. Tiere was nobody who could play the violin like Smifkins—at least so he thought—and he was delighted when he was asked to play ata | anction, “Sir,” he said to the host, “the strument [shall use at hering is over two hundred years old. “Oh, that’s all ri Never mind,” returned the ; ‘tno one will ever know the ¢ wv York Globe. THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE Dream Ont! A year ago a manufacturer en a boy. For months there was noth noticeable about the boy except t never took his eyes off the w doing. A few weeks ago the » turer looked up to sce the bo: beside his desk. “What do you want?” he aske ant me pay raised.” hat are you getting?” n shillings a wee “Well, how much do you think are worth?” Fifteen shillings.” tt think so, do y Yessir, an’ I've been thinkin’ so fe three weeks, but I've been so blame busy [ain't had time to speak about it! The boy got the raise. Uplift: Mogazi He Raised ‘Em Food Controller Hoover told ata meatless-wheatless banquet a story aboz a poultry profiteer. “A lady entered his shop,” said Mr Hoover, “and asked the price of chickes “*Them birds in the winder?’ s the profiteer. ‘Waal, they're very fe stock. [can't let 'em go for kes than ninety-four cents a poun: “Indeed !’ said the lady. ‘Did y raise them yourself?’ “* Yep,’ said the profiteer abser “They were seventy cents yesierday —Utica Observer. bis published eve la and British I advance, Addi ‘anada, $2 cents. » Great Britain, Lire Title registered in U. S. Patent Office, $5.00 a year sellers in ¢ to foreign countries i he Postal Union, $1.04 a year; , 10 cents, Back numbers, after three months te of p Life’s Aeroplane Picture Contes Full report of this Contest, with winning titles, and names and addresses of winners, appeared in the July 18th issue of LIFE. Copy of that number wil be sent to any address on receipt of ten cents. (Canadian, 11 cents; Foreign, 12 cents) After October 18th this number will be twenty-five cents. (Canadian, 26 cents; Foreign, 27 cents) LIFE 17 West 31st Street, New York Back Numbers On Sale at This 0 larg ing adinss been t for hi major Tole spoke: