Life, 1918-10-03 · page 15 of 34
Life — October 3, 1918 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate pieces of WWI-era satire: 1. **Main illustration**: Shows children playing with dolls and toys in what appears to be poverty conditions, captioned with a child's defiant promise to restore a broken doll—commentary on wartime deprivation and children's resilience amid hardship. 2. **"United States Marine Corps"**: A patriotic poem praising Marines as elite, dependable soldiers willing to fight to the death—typical jingoistic recruitment rhetoric of the period. 3. **"Why Talaat Wants the War to End"**: References Turkish Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha, discussing his fear of postwar retribution for Armenian massacres. Argues he wants an "inconclusive end" to avoid accountability. 4. **"The Robin" cartoon**: A small sketch of a thin bird, apparently satirizing wartime food scarcity. The page reflects American WWI attitudes: military glorification mixed with criticism of war's humanitarian costs.
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‘LIPS - “I WON'T LET YE UP TILL YE PROMISE TO RESTORE HER DOLL AN’ PAY AN INDEMNITY OF FOUR United States Marine Corps HEY’RE minute Sam; They never ask—nor give a damn— What kind 0 job is theirs—nor where ; Give em the order—and they are there! Quick on the trigger, and fight on the run— For every man is a son-of-a-gun— With Uncle Sam's Marines. men of Uncle They're hard-shelled cusses, and full o° grit; They're seasoned, and nervy, and battle- fit; Shoulder to shoulder, and hand to hand, They're first at sea and first to land; At home in the trenches, or with the flect— And they'll take death before defeat— The United States Marines, GUM DROPS” Why Talaat Wants the War to End 'ALAAT PASHA, Turkish Grand Vizier, is quoted (September 8th) as thinking that peace will come before winter. No use going on with the war, It has exhausted itself in its America he says. achievements. Even must soon think so. But if the war ends as it should, Talaat will be hanged. He is chief among the scoundrels whe are respon- sible for the Armenian massacres. Enver Pasha is another, and there are some Germans. None of them should escape retribution, What Talaat really wants is that the war should fizzle out to an inconclusive end, so that no one will have power to catch and hang him. All the blacker and more notorious scoundrels of the Central Powers must want that same thing. Enforced Duty OU say you were up all night with the baby, What was the trouble?” “My husband was in Washington.” The Robin: WERE, TAKE IT, IF YOU'RE SO BLAMED HUNGRY AS ALL THAT, AND KEEP STILL! comicbooks.com