Life, 1918-11-14 · page 14 of 34
Life — November 14, 1918 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page presents WWI-era content. The main illustrated poem by Mary Gose Walsworth celebrates a soldier's brief home visit, contrasting the joy of his return against the hardships of war ("camp and mess and drill"). The accompanying soldier illustration shows two military men, likely depicting the contrast between active duty and leave. The bottom cartoon titled "Facing Another Food Famine" shows a goat eating rationing documents, satirizing wartime food shortages and scarcity rationing that affected the American home front during World War I. The "Map Changing" and "Headquarters" sections appear to be brief news dispatches about Milwaukee's diplomatic recognition and military gossip—typical of Life magazine's satirical news commentary from this period.
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*LIFE- J.B. (admiringly) : you'ke WELL WHEELED! WHaT’s THE CALIBER OF YOUR WEAPONS? “ EIGHTEEN TO FORTY-FIV ” What He Did S a child he was quiet and retired. He was never quar- relsome, and preferred to give in rather than argue T wiseacres shook their heads. He lacked sand, th said, and had no chance of being anything, He would merely grow up, one of life's failures, one of the many who never do He is buried some- where in France. ything worth while. FACING ANOTHER FOOD FAMINE “A Soldier at Home on a Furlough” Y soldier is home on a furlough to-day, So lithe and so handsome, so gallant and gay, In his trappings of war, of a dull olive-gray— My soldier is home on a furlough. Greek art its Apollo has heralded wide, But her manhood’s young glory, America’s pride, Is the poise of the head and the grace of the stride Of a soldier at home on a furlough. The kitchen and larder are yielding their store, There's cooking and baking of good things galore, For we can’t do too much for our boys of the war— For a soldier at home on a furlough, When he went—oh, the long, weary months have been slow ! The crimson June roses were gorgeous in glow; I shed not a tear—with my heart aching so— And now he is home on a furlough. His talk is of camp and of mess and of drill; He is eager the chance to “go over,” until 1 clutch at my heart, its wild throbbing to still— He is only at home on a furlough. O Flag of my country, your glory is sealed, When thus for your honor our dearest we yield, And send from our arms to a far battlefield— Our soldiers at home on a furlough. Mary Gow Watsworth. Map Changing DISPATCH to the asphyxiated press: recognized by the United States to-day that this action will be followed by Great Britain and France. It is not expected, however, that the formal recognition of Milwaukee, which came as a complete surprise, will Milwaukee was It is expected necessarily lead to any further international complications The city was quite calm to-day, the attendance at the soda fountains slightly increased, but beer on tap as usual. On the exchange, Lafollettes common dropped ten points, Was INoton- nizing Milv on democracy in general, and w in time by the recognition of Brooklyn and Hoboken. The action of this government in recog- ukee is expected to have a favorable influence undoubtedly be followed . Louis, parts of Headquarters RIGGS: What made you so silent at our gathering the other evening? Griccs: Why, confound it all! I had a particularly funny story, had forgotten the exact point, and was trying to remember it. “Why didn’t you ask us?” comicbooks.com