Life, 1918-10-17 · page 8 of 38
Life — October 17, 1918 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces about WWI-era British society. The main cartoon depicts two figures wading in water with the caption "HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE US TO SWIM IT, SIR?" — appearing to joke about British resilience or optimism during wartime. Below is a section titled "Some Antidotes for a Well-Known Poison," showing a rifle with labels and a bottle labeled "Kultur" (with a skull symbol), satirizing German militarism as a "poison" needing antidotes — reflecting anti-German sentiment common in WWI American publications. The text sections address morale ("Great Britain, Do not Despair!") and include humorous small-town anecdotes. Overall, the page reflects wartime propaganda themes and civilian life during World War I.
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548 Fresh Air Fund Ate Fuxe ears. Tn a fortnigh city children wledged tn this colume Previously acknowledged Willis Tew fohn IL Young Mrs. E.R. Ds Rev. TJ Great Britain, Do not Despair! HE. great question now confronting us is whether the war is going to bring Great Britain and the United States so close together that English literature will get the benefit, We have already lost much time in the past Think, for example, of what a. great thing it would have been if the poetry of Milton could have been written by Edgar Lee Masters; or, if Dickens could have been written by Booth Varkington. Dean Swift, in his satires, had to do the best he could. If E. 1 Mencken could only have taken his place. Thackeray is gone but Theo: dore Dreiser still remains. There i+ hope for all KS. HATTERSON: Shopping? Mrs. Cattersox: Oh,no. [went out to buy something T wanted pes < SOME ANTIDOTES FOR A WELL-KNOWN POISON “HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE Notes on a Small Town 'HE girl who spent the greatest amount of time powdering her face hefore the war has just beaten the rec- ord making bandages for the War Relief The local garage man told us the other day he had plenty of coal. He id he repaired the motor car owned the local coal dealer. Our Red Cross and war work is done openly now, but our bridge playing practiced in secret. Our Liberty Loan Committee has just been enlarged. We found two men who had property valued at over fifty thousand dollars each who were not members. To sWiM IT, spoT?” The editor of our local weekly t me yesterday he had only one week supply of paper on hand. “If the gov ernment fails me,” h Ad then on folks will have to fall hack on th Metropolitan papers for war news.” 1 counted thirty-four administratio iood cards in thirty-five windows. Tl: one window that didn’t have it belong to the local food administrator. Vanety GHES a splendid dresser. inv sh “Wonderful! Scarcely a day: got hy that she doesn’t put on at least thre uniforms.” comicbooks.com | |