Life, 1918-09-12 · page 6 of 34
Life — September 12, 1918 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon depicts a social club scene with the caption "DOES BAMBERSON ATTEND HIS CLUB AS REGULARLY AS HE USED TO?" Answer: "Oh, yes, except for a short period now and then when he gets married." This is a satirical joke about marriage interrupting a man's club attendance—a common leisure activity for upper-class men of the era. The humor relies on the assumption that marriage temporarily disrupts bachelors' social habits, though they eventually return to their clubs. Below is an article titled "Hints on Poverty" by a householder describing wartime domestic management strategies, including repurposing clothing and managing household resources during what appears to be World War I. The small illustration "The Round-Up" depicts an armadillo, likely unrelated to the surrounding content.
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RSIS “DOES BAMBERSON ATTEND HIS CLUB AS REGULARLY AS HE USED TO?” 7 (14) HY hil ' 1! ON : wnat inlA wan Rig hie HN Mh AOL ATW Ae “OH, YES, EXCEPT FOR A SHORT PERIOD NOW AND THEN WHEN HE GETS MARRIED.” Hints on Poverty By a Householder Y wife hailed me this morning as she was going out on another War Stamp drive. I must say she was most encouraging. and I get a great deal of comfort out of her cheer- ing words. “ Remember, my dear,” she said, “that this war is being won in the home. When you make up my bed see that to-night I have a hard pillow. I lost over an hour's sleep last night from the soft one you furnished, All these details count. Keep on the job. Hold fast.”. Wonderful woman! She thinks of everything. . . . My busi- ness training helps me a lot. This morning I rigged up a wire cage for the baby in the back yard. My first thought was to put him on a trolley, but this latter plan is much finer. He has quite a little runway, and while I am doing the housework I can keep him fairly well surveyed from the up- per windows. . Spent last eve- ning very pleasantly in making myself a pair of trousers out of an old skirt of my wife’s I found in the attic; also in going over some of her papers, and was amazed to learn what she is doing —Red Cross, National League for Woman's Service, Woman's Defense Committee, canteen, driver of an am- bulance—these are only a few. Al- though my duties are more humble, it made me proud to think I was helping her.’ In this war personalities must be eliminated. Thank God, my morale keeps up just as well on cheese as it did on meat! Last night I stole a chicken belonging to a pro-German in the next street. I made some broth for the baby, and we had a gorge. I advanced upon his front-line trenches at mid- night without firing a single gun, and took the enemy completely by sur- prise. Hung out an extra flag this morning to celebrate. RETARY Josephus Daniels, by his recent order limiting the social privileges of naval officers even in the homes of their friends, has succeeded in making the song of the navy. “Drink to me only with thine eyes.” THE ROUND-UP comicbooks.com