Life, 1918-12-19 · page 30 of 34
Life — December 19, 1918 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several short humorous pieces typical of Life's satirical format: **"Religious Exercise"** depicts two shipwrecked sailors so desperate they resort to holding a "collection" (taking up money) as their idea of religious observance—satirizing both religious hypocrisy and financial desperation. **"Another War-Casualty"** critiques wartime rhetoric. A politician in formal dress claims to be "saving the country" while working men in khaki uniforms do actual labor—mocking wealthy officials' self-aggrandizement during wartime while soldiers bear real burdens. **"Involuntary"** and related military anecdotes mock military absurdity: officers issuing illogical orders and soldiers' deadpan responses to bureaucratic nonsense. The page is primarily **advertising**: Virginia Hot Springs resort, The Homestead hotel, and Dr. Sheffield's Creme Dentifrice dominate the layout. The cartoons serve as editorial content framing commercial messages—typical of Life's mixed format. The humor targets class pretension, military inefficiency, and wartime contradictions, reflecting early-20th-century American satirical concerns.
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Religious Exercise Iwo shipwrecked sailors were on a desert island. They were utterly miser able, pinched with hunger and cold. The one more wretched 1 the other said his companion, “ Can you pray, Bill? No." “Can you sing a hyma? Xo." * Well." said the first, “let's have some thing religious; let's have a collection Tit-Bits. Another War- Casualty You don't seem to usual about spec Well.” answered Sena es have changed, and it isn’t so aman ina silk hat and a frock dd out before a lot of men in khaki uniforms or overalls and assert he is saving the cor all hy himself. Meriitan? So Rowe Washington Star Let Tite entio every Thursday, sin after three months int Rights in Great Brita London, 1. C., Bugle America’s Premier Cure Open All The Year Equaling the famous springs of Europe, and resembling in the medicinal properties of its waters the popular Aix-les-Bains—Virginia Hot Springs is now the Mecca for those suffering from nervous disorders, gout, rheu- matism, obesity, sciatica and s troubles ty and bu: Ss executives are gathering at the Homestead ted by sheltering hills—enjoys a winter that is vigor ously bracing and unsurpassed for golf, riding and tennis. The 000,000 equipment of this cure is at your service Just over night from Washington. Reservations can be made at the Ritz-Carlton Hotels. New York and Philadelphi Write for the Homestead Book. Address The Homestead CHRISTIAN S. ANDERSEN, Xesident Manager Hot Springs Virginia Involuntary After coming in from “hike” the officer in command of a ne, company said, before dismissing then “1 want all the men who are 160 tire! to take another hike to take two paces forward.” All stepped forward except one big husky six-footer, Noticing hi the of ficer said, Well, Johnson, ready for twenty mil ore So, sah,” replied Johnson, “ \h'm to tired to even take dem two ster Tie colonel beckoned toh “Smith, | wish you'd ride int and get the correct time.” “Why, sir.” Smith — hes haven't got a watch.” “A watch! A watch! roared, “What in the name « you want a watch for? Write it on a piece of paper, man.” —The A Fucence: How are the life on this boat? (fo Guzzure: Fine. Vve just ANASTASIA=WE CAN Tas 1 ever drank. AROUND AGALN The Beating Bogie | ie it a pleasure to meet a person with a frank, open smile and a hearty laugh? Vou need not be ashamed to smile if you use Dr Sheffield’s Créme Dentifrice. [t does everything that a good dentifrice can and should do. It cleans and whitens the teeth, keeps healthy teeth sound and leaves a refreshed, pleasant aftertaste. Dr. Sheffield’s Creme Dentifrice is formulated in ac- cordance with the latest accepted theories of dental science; the hest and purest ingredients are used is extremely reasonable in price—toc As the oldest, most experienced tooth paste manufacturers in America, it is our belief that a bet- ter dentifrice cannot be produced. Ask your druggist for “us DRSHEFFIELE ® es REME DENT comicbookss