Life, 1918-09-05 · page 9 of 34
Life — September 5, 1918 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"The Favorite Haunt of His Boyhood Days"** — Two illustrated panels showing a man revisiting a childhood location by a stream near an old industrial building. The piece appears nostalgic rather than satirical. 2. **"Twisted Progress"** — A brief humorous sketch about a woman (Myrtle) knitting, with a man commenting on her speed ("About fifteen knots an hour"). This is lighthearted domestic humor. 3. **"The Attainable"** — A longer story about a restless man searching for peace and security, moving through various life situations (office, woman, home, recreation, fad, thirst, knowledge, child) but finding satisfaction only with a child. This appears to be sentimental rather than satirical. 4. **"First Postal Clerk" / "Patriotism"** — A dialogue between postal workers discussing sending campaign literature and personal letters to boys at the front during wartime, suggesting WWI-era patriotic duty. The page emphasizes nostalgia, domestic life, and wartime patriotism rather than sharp political satire.
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“LIFE: The Favorite Haunt of His Boyhood Days AS HE REMEMBERED IT Twisted Progress OW fa her knitting t is Myrtle getting on with “About fifteen knots an hour.” IT HAS BEEN NOSED AROUND THAT MAJOR SWIVELCHAIR 1S SOON, “GOING OVER” The Attainable ONCE there was a man who wanted to rest. He longed for pe quiet, a sense of genuine and perms nent security, So he got out all the r things and looked them over He wanted to check them famil carefully. up and make sure that he had missed nothing in them. He came to an of- fice, and the office was desirable and lucrative, but it did not satisfy him, He came to a woman, and the woman was fair to look upon. He came to a home, but ouldn’t sit still in it, He came to a recreation, and it did him a certain amount of good. He came to a fad, and once in the fad dis- tracted him, but only for a while. And he came to a thirst after knowledge, but the thirst only made him thirstier. He came to a child, and the child filled AS HE FOUND IT But still the man was restless in a way that he could not understand, for something had happened to him, born out of the him with noble pride. secret currents in the great stream of life, and then suddenly trench, and the man said, down into it, “At last—rest!” came to a as he got Patriotism IRST POSTAL CLERK: bag of letters from families to boys at the front, and it’s been here some ti too. Srconp are ten literature from congressmen: “We can't send both. There isn’t room.” Here's a And here campaign Postat. Curr’ bags of franked “Let's take a chance and send the Loys their personal letters.” “We'll do it, if it costs me my job!” comicbooks.com