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This page mixes satirical content with period advertisements, typical of Life magazine's format. **"The Strategist"** depicts World War I trench warfare absurdity: a soldier seeks shelter from artillery fire, but his buddy insists he "die like a man for your country"—only to reverse position when the next shell arrives. The satire critiques the gap between patriotic rhetoric and survival instinct, mocking both military orders and cowardice. **"A New Game"** shows children locking uncles in a cupboard, then threatening a "lions' den" game—innocent childhood cruelty that darkly parallels wartime danger. **"Too Much Like War"** has a soldier complain that modern warfare lacks the old pattern of fighting, resting, and comfort—he's "naturally" done with world wars. The satire suggests even soldiers find this war's intensity unbearable. The advertisements (Nujol laxative, Egyptian Deities cigarettes, Allen's Foot-Ease) represent contemporary consumer products marketed with health/social-status claims typical of the era.

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OL H aS bi CONTEMPORAR) The Strategist One of Jerry's shells screeched over, and Private Rankin took refuge under a tiny boxcar, the’only refuge in sight, “Come out from under there!" com- manded his buddy. “ Stand up and dic like a man for your country!” Private Rankin shiveringly obeyed “Now what'll we do?” he asked At this juncture another shell heralded its coming. * saul the buddy, “1 think we'd hetter take turns at that shelter. And you have your outs.”—Camp Dir Times. Thirty Feet of Danger “*The intestinal c is a tube almost thirty long, which is coiled up and bent many timcs upon itself in order toac- commodate itself totheabdom- inal cavity “Through this “difficult passage must travel your food. As soon as the bowels fail to functionate regularly and thoroughly waste matter is ret a longer t ferments, putrefie: teria act harmfully instead of nda certain quantity d poisonous mat- absorbed from the bowel into the blood and carried all over the body... 27" —from “Thirty Feet of Danger” an authoritative and comprehensive treatise on constipation and auto- intoxication in adults. If you want to keep clean in- side as well as outside, get a bottle of Nujol from your druggist today, and write for free booklet ‘‘Thirty Feet of Danger.” Nujol Laboratories NDARD OIL CO. (NEW JERSEY) 50 Broadway, New York Nujol Laboratories, Standard Oi) Co. (New Jer- sex), Room 149-0, 50, Broadway. New York, Please send me free booklet “Thirty Feet of Danger.” Name.....ce..e0 Address... A New Game Unele Jack and Uncle James had come e their sister and her sweet little ildren, and, like the good-natured fel ws they arc. they were soon inveigled o the nursery For a while there was noth than the usual amount of uproarious 1 which denoted that the little ones were perfectly happy; but at last the noise in creased to such a terrific extent mamma hurried up to find out the cause of it. “Why, children, children patever is all this noise abo: But little Freddy only smiled I's all, right, mummy.” he said. “ we're playing a new game: we've locked Unele Jack and Uncle sup in the cupboard, an’ when they get a bit angrier " she cried, I'm going to play going into the lions’ den. Will y op and see us play?” —Pearson's Weekly Too Much Like War “What do I peated a rs jar a otheer of this war?” re who for 2 log in the . "Well, boss, I'll tell you what I think of it. Tt ain't Tike the hat there war we went at “round, and then went and then sat ‘round. And and comfortable, And in t nd then to do. a lot of restin’. But this war— Boss, I say to you that this is just naturally my last world’s war.” —Saturd ning Post. “Tse troubled with a buzzing noise in my ears all the time.” Have you any idea as to the cause?” People of culture and refinement invariably PREFER. Deities to any other cigarette ‘Allen’s. F oot-Ea For the Feet | Sprinkle one or two Allen's F |ders in the Foot Bath and soak : Jt takes the sting out of Corns a smarting, aching feet. Then for las shake Allen's Foot= Plattsburg Camp Manual advis lio shake Foot=Ease in their sh It takes the friction from the sh and makes walking a delight. Alwa dancing parties and to break inp dealers sell it FOR BELL-AN “They Fought in a Dream” Napoleon was writing his dre: book I'm not so keen on the stutf sayself, 1 Woodrow s. it helps the soldiers to fight." —Ne M* JOSKIN did ne around Mr, Joskin’s tied a string around every. oF cight fingers and tio thu mind that forgetful gentlemas had promised to give her a yev scription to Lire for a Christie, ent, he explained, * comicbooks.com