Life, 1919-01-09 · page 30 of 34
Life — January 9, 1919 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains multiple brief humorous sketches typical of Life's satirical format: **"Determined"**: A child asks a lawyer for a divorce from his parents—satire on both childhood innocence and the growing prevalence of divorce. **"Peace at Any Price"**: Officers discussing men beaten up while debating the peace settlement—likely referencing WWI peace negotiations, satirizing how contentious such discussions become. **"Devout"**: A child claims knowledge of church interiors from movies rather than actual attendance—mocking shallow modern religiosity. **"French Poodle"** (illustration): A German soldier's caption celebrates evacuating ("the Huns"), then searches for a buried bone—wartime satire comparing Germans unfavorably to dogs. **"Cause for Thanksgiving"**: An Irishman shoots his own shirt thinking it a ghost, then thanks God he wasn't wearing it—ethnic humor playing on Irish stereotypes. **Other sections** include advertising (Fownes gloves) and various brief jokes about lawyers' language and signage in New Mexico. The page primarily satirizes contemporary social issues: divorce, wartime conditions, religious hypocrisy, and modern absurdities.
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Determined The lawyer was ing at his desk sorbed in the preparation of a brief. intent was he on his work that he did not hear the door as it was pushed gently open, nor see the curly head that was thrust into his office. A little sob at- tracted his notice, and, turning, he saw a face that was streaked with tears and told plainly that feelings had been burt. “Well, my little man, did you want to sec me?” “Are you a lawyer?” Yes. What do you want?” “T want"—and there was a resolute ri his voico—“I want a divorce from my papa and mamma.” - York Globe. Peace at Any Price Macistkate: Great Scot! officer, how id these men come to be so badly bruised and battered up? Orricer: Please, your Honor, they were discussing the peace settlement. i —Baltimore American. “T iike the ‘Three Musketeers.’ It's a remarkable book.” And there's the sequel, ‘Twenty Years After.” “Yes, it is wonderful, too. What im- presses me most is that all the principal characters still have the same servants.” —Kansas City Journal. ve. is published ev Canada and Britfsh 1% in advance. Additional postage to fo to Canada, 52 cents, Single current c h Poodh HERE IN SPRING, 1914. Devout “Tl bet you don't even know what the inside of a church looks like.” “Giwan! I've seen ‘em in the movies.” from date of publication, 25 cents, Issues prior to 910 ont of print The text and illustrations in Live are copyrighted. For Reprint Rights i apply to Lire, Rolls House, Breams Bu , Fetter Lane. The name is always in the glove. “In the Service!” Among the military, as with glove wearers generally, FOWNES is reputedly the stand- ard of glove quality and value. Leather, fur, silk or fabric. At the Principal Shops. American art and skill have produced FILOSETTE. surpassing any fab- fle glove imported before the war. QWNE London, E, ‘STROSGYORT ‘The Pertert Man —Film Fun, Live ts for sale by all newsd PUM GLAD THE HUNS HAVE EVAC- LATED, 1 CAN LOOK NOW POR THAT BONE 1 RURIED Cause for Thanksgiving An Irish farmer, waking up in the night, saw an apparition at the foot of the bed. He reached out for a gun and perforated the ghost with a bulle:. In the morning he discovered that he had made a target of his own shirt “What did you do then?” in the friend to whom he told the sto “T knelt down and thanked Gor T hadn't been inside it,” said the piougly.—Youth's Companion, Lawyers’ Humor Mr. Hohenzollern says he prefers to think of his cxit from Germany “fi While we would like to with William, we cannot help th of a phrase that occurs in real leases. When a tenant is thrown « not paying his rent or for abusir premises the lawyers call it “an ay action in ejectment.”—Collier’s Wee Positive Signs Out in New Mexico even public come direct to the point. They do not waste any time in wondering h reader will feel about it. In a garage at Albuquerque is p “ Don't smoke round the tank! | isn’t worth i Mactstrare: can choice—twenty-one shillings or t Prisoner (still in @ foggy con Tl take the money, your worship —Tit-B J may be obtain lers in all the principal ¢ v's London Off No contributions Lire di d contributions. Rs. Le d unless accompa Notice of change of address should reach this offc days prior t issue to be a, STOP S oe. do sou brave eataerh with catarth—yoa e wholesome, disagree pom yon and gree at Serious coussqurnces dua to the $. fade an cuties for the Yen ber—serias onee—threat, lane ich, fotestinesall bene aieeted Wyo0 have catar soufiag anvand Build Yourself Up Be Clean —Whalesme—Healths—Virlle Ita,practice never a neve thaws, gives Draw and masefe,' ih Mnvigrafes Beart 9 tbe howe ore by thet Im your Indy palsate to healt "No matice what soar condition ie be tracted or Indalged ta—Lwill shove that you Can renew yourvett want to be strong, ‘ca coght to be aod te That ba destratio fron. Tell me your allinentand snd three 2 starope to cower mailing expenses and 1 will send you my book “Prewetion asd Censerration of Heal Mreogth and Mental Eoergy."" written for yuor interert and se LIONEL STRONGFORT 74é paix inc. ‘wewati. Ki Mr. Newsdealer! If you are not at the present time getting enough copies of LIFE so as not to be sold out by Friday or Saturday of each week, Or, if Lire is vot reaching vou in timeto beonsale each Tuesday, Won't you advise us of the facts at once, stating the name of the News Company from whom you get your supply? LIFE PUBLISHING CO.