Life — October 24, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 590 This page contains WWI-era satirical content depicting "The Onward Rush" - a narrative about American troops ordered to advance near Hun (German) trenches despite being told to hold position. A colonel becomes furious when his orders are disregarded. The central cartoon shows a Major confronting officers, criticizing their failure to follow orders to hold rocks near enemy lines. Below is a sketch titled "Mayor Ladies' Auxiliary Corps" satirizing women's military auxiliary groups, showing an instructor addressing recruits. The right section, "What They Think of That Boy," presents relatives' reactions to a seventeen-year-old's enlistment through brief quotes expressing relief, concern, and maternal worry. Additional small sketches address military topics like sentinel duty and shoe merchants selling boots to soldiers—typical wartime satirical commentary on civilian and military life.