Life, 1918-09-05 · page 10 of 34
Life — September 5, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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The main illustration depicts a figure in classical/Roman military dress (labeled as "Mars," the god of war) speaking with a portly civilian gentleman wearing a top hat. The caption reads: "CHICAGO PACKER: I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU, OLD MAN, WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME." This satirizes the relationship between the military-industrial complex and Chicago's meatpacking industry during World War I. The "packer" (meatpacking magnate) profited enormously from wartime demand for provisions, while Mars (war personified) credits him with the profits war generates. The cartoon critiques how industrialists enriched themselves through military conflict—a common Progressive-era complaint about war profiteering and corruption.
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334 To a Girl in a Gingham Dress ] HAVE seen you in a lavender silk sweater That cost not a cent less Than seventy-five dollars. You in two-hundred-dollar Frocks that made me shiver In wonder at your extravagance and Style. 1 have worshipped, yes, shipped The exquisite lines of your Figure, and the art, taste and endless money Lavished on its beauty. Now you've got me! I'm yours, body and soul, loved you One way Ways. have Believed it! To think that you, In such plain war Glory, should have captured me so Completely in that simple little Gingham dress! I have seen secretly wor- But, O girl! Once 1 now I love you all It's wonderful! 1) wouldn’s Politics Adjourned for Him -D Uncle George is a typical old- time Kentucky negro and a firm Republican, but things are happening too swiftly for him, and this is how he unburdened his soul to his “old mas- ter": You know, Marse Jeems, I’se al- ways been a Republican ever since I was born, but, believe me, from now on I'se a Democrat and a Wilson man. I'se_ for that’s so) smart that he can add an hour's daylight to the day and can take away all the rail- roads from their presidents and give I sho’ am go- any on them to his son-in-law ing to be a Democrat.” Whispers from Washington ECENT primaries show that it is more difficult for disloyal statesmen to stay in Congress than to stay out of jail. We hope the voters will keep up the good work and the Depart- Bs ment of Justice will profit by their example. Austin, of Tennessee, by common consent, was the champion of the government clerks; Borland, of Mis- Chicago Packer 1 CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU, OLD MAN, WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME their scourge. Yet for renomination. souri, admittedly both were defeated It's a poor rule that doesn’t work both ways. When one discusses with a member of the Ways and Means Committee the excess-profits and war-profits methods of taxation, he immedi cific concerns that will be hurt or favored by one or the other system Why not treat the committee like Jus- tice, blindfolding the members, and make them arrive at determinations without knowing who is affected? tely cites spe- HERE is this difference, dear child: What mother says to father when there is no one present is scrap- ping; what she says when there are guests is repartee. Enlightened R. LOVE but he had already preached some . was the new pastor. very clever sermons. One Sunday morning his discours was particularly good, and at the cot clusion of the service the congregation gathered around him and began con gratulating him, “Oh, 1 want to tell you how much I enjoyed your sermon this morning.” gushed one of the women, “ What 5 wonderful knowledge you have of your subjects, and how preach them!” “Thank you,” replied the minister, much pleased. “Thank you—” “Yes, indeed,” continued the wom- an. “Why, really, we never knew what sin was until you came!” inspiringly “you comicbooks.com