Life, 1919-01-02 · page 10 of 34
Life — January 2, 1919 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon:** A man at a desk with papers encounters a stranger offering advances. The caption reads "He's a perfect stranger to me—but something tells me I ought to accept his advances," satirizing wartime financial schemes or con artists exploiting people's desperation during this period. **Bottom Cartoon:** Shows a couple in a broken-down car during wartime. The bride complains her husband hasn't kissed her since fixing "that horrid engine," mocking how automotive repair—likely necessitated by wartime rationing and resource scarcity—has consumed couples' attention and romance. **Text Section:** Three short humorous pieces ("Poor Pat," "Her Job") reference wartime conditions: food rationing (the Automat), women's factory work in mousetrap production, and concerns about national security.
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Smithers, Jr: We'S A PERFECT STRANGER TO ME—BUT SOMETHING TELLS ME 1 OUGIIT TO ACCEPT HIS ADVANCES The Bride: yous! you WavEN’r KISSED MP SINCE YOU STAKTED FIXING THAT HORRID ENGINE Poor Pat AME FORTU knocks are full of shocks You cannot nail her in a box. She's sly and shifty as a fox Before he made munitions, Pat eating at the Automat. While he was making guns and things He dined on viands fit for kings. The war fell flat. Unthrifty Pat Is cating at The Automat! Mabel Haughton Collyer. Her Job yy “but i'm doing work that is essential to the peace of mind and the safety of my fellow sisters. I'm working in a mouse- trap factory.”