Life, 1918-12-12 · page 15 of 34
Life — December 12, 1918 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two separate satirical pieces from *Life* magazine: **Top cartoon ("Love at First Sight"):** Shows a soldier in Scottish military dress encountering a woman in what appears to be a war-torn village. The satire likely comments on romantic encounters during wartime, though the specific conflict is unclear from the image alone. **Bottom section ("When Johnny Comes Sailing Home"):** The text humorously describes preparations for a soldier's homecoming, with practical domestic advice (enlarging piers, physical culture, preparing food). The accompanying illustration shows women receiving instruction on "how to swear at obstinate cotter-pins" from a garage mechanic—satirizing women's unfamiliar involvement in mechanical tasks, presumably during wartime when men were absent. The joke targets gender role disruption during military service periods.
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When Johnny Comes Sailing Home (4 Few Preliminaries) SNLARGED piers to accommodate waiting relatives. hgsical culture to enable mother’s s to withstand his embrace. Earlier hours: he is accustomed to ting up at five o'clock and retiring t nine. Daily romps with Fido (who has rown fat and wheezy), to get him in for his master’s return. ge so that he may have a few oments of the first hour alone, with the girl who wears the little diamond- red service pin Coax the cook into preparing larger portions of more substantial food—but it won't require much coaxing. Bake his favorite pie; place his favorite chair before the fire, his favorite lounging robe across it and his old house-slippers in front of it. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT THE LADIES OF THE ADVANCED CLASS IN MECHANICS GET A HALF-HOUR’S “HOW TO SWEAR AT OBSTINATE COTTER-PINS INSTRUCTION ON FROM PROF, MIKE MUGGINS (LATE OF THE SOAKEM GARAGE COMPANY) books.com