Life, 1918-10-10 · page 14 of 33
Life — October 10, 1918 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon, "Sweeping Up the Breakage Before the Missus Arrives," depicts two men frantically cleaning up a chaotic domestic scene labeled "U-BOAT FAILURE" and "LIES." The image satirizes domestic disorder as a metaphor for wartime mismanagement—the men appear to be politicians or officials hastily concealing evidence of failed military operations (U-boat warfare) and propaganda before public scrutiny arrives. The accompanying text references competing American political figures and international concerns: mentions of Lenin, Trotsky, Champ Clark, and debates over Liberty Bonds and German-American relations indicate this is WWI-era satire criticizing government dishonesty about military failures and the home front's chaotic state. The secondary cartoon and "Nurse" caption appear to address gender roles and social disruption during wartime.
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hy nes SWEEPING whatever you are—citizen of the great- est Republic the history of the world—and asks you to subscribe to the fourth Liberty Loan, what will you sa “TM say, ‘Here's all I've got. It’s the cheapest show for the money I ever saw!” The Master of Ceremonie ing his promise in a book record- about to pass on, when the disembodied spirit almost audibly groaned. “What's the matter? satisfied?” “Dear me, yes; but it’s pretty tough to have to wait five thousand years to make my subscription.” Aren't: you i Ie Hite uit! A UP THE BREAKAGE BEFORE THE MISSUS ARRIVES (Hl! iI Finns Get a Boche King ERMANY still has a good bag of emergency kings, and hands one out when there is a vacancy. Fred- erich Charles of Hesse is the new provision for Finland. But only till the end of the war. When peace is restored a steep place must be selected down which the whole drove of German kings must be driven. German carpet-bag kings are played out. Something better must be pro- vided for Finland. OURNALISM—A department-store annex, Art Conceals Art Wille Indian summer met the year, My Girl and I sat close and near. I by her and she by me Upon a broad, soft, green settce. 1 smoothed her locks from disarray To which they’d come. How strange! How queer! And passing time this pleasant way, I found—well, I'll be —, an ear! If only this year they were worn, For ne'er did prettier head adorn. So small, fine modeled, formed so fair, And set in wealths of golden hair. I whispered in it, “ Right in here Come sweet things that I say, no doubt.” She smiled and whispered back, “ Yes, dear, But here”—she turned her head— “go out.” Lenvoi Full many an car of charm serene Is lost in ha nest-ce pas, my Queen? Fairfax Downey. Ifs F Kerensky at a critical moment had incarcerated Lenine and Trotzky, Russia would not have been conquered. If Champ Clark had been nominated and elected President, the German- American Entente would now be par- celing out the British Empire under Hearst and Ludendorff. HE new slogan for Americans— Life, Liberty Bonds and the Pur- suit of Germans, Nurse: wHat’s Your “I'D RATHER YOU WOULD: . IM THE FELLOW WHO ORIGINATED “WOMAN'S PLACE 1S IN THE HOME.’” comicbooks.com