Life, 1919-05-08 · page 39 of 46
Life — May 8, 1919 — page 39: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **satirical "Help Wanted" advertisements** mocking post-WWI American society during the Red Scare era. The humor targets multiple groups: - **War profiteers' wives**: Sarcastically "wanted" to work in sweatshops for pittance, mocking wealthy women who benefited from wartime business while workers suffered. - **Bolsheviki (Russian communists)**: Listed as applicants needing to be "neat, clean, gentle-mannered" and follow the "Golden Rule"—absurdist mockery equating communists with the opposite of Christian virtue, reflecting American anti-communist anxiety. - **Business men as telephone operators**: Satirizing corporate rudeness by imagining temperamental executives forced into service roles requiring patience and courtesy. The page uses exaggerated job qualifications to expose class hypocrisy and social tensions: wealthy war profiteers, labor exploitation, communist fears, and class conflicts. The remaining content comprises period advertisements (Bellans indigestion remedy, Banff Springs Hotel), typical of Life's commercial format.
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LIFE: ILLEN'S FOOT-EASE Eritish Government officer, in a ar to a large body of business * recently said, “After the tired ed from a 12 mile tramp, with ching feet, ig there a mother, who, it | not go out and get some Foot-Ease d realize the comfort de- yeder to | ction from. ed, in their Shoes each nd if you have a son, the army or navy, why not sow. Sold by drug’and dep't Wanted NT Surgeons to let amateurs ce upon them in the interest of science. Clean, sunny rooms prom- . when they are not igaged. nographers, whose earning never be more than four week, to qualify as cooks, y may make cight and ten Our School of Domestic ill turn indifferent office help lass culinary experts. Ticket Sellers to learn cour- ial classes in Bowing ering Irrelevant Questions, 6 BELL-ANS Hot water Sure Relief LL-ANS EL INDIGESTION Pointing Out Exact Location of Seats, Apologizing for War Tax and changing. Irascible Business Men to act as Telephone E ge Operators, and give patrons quick, snappy service, cor- rect numbers, no back talk, and also ‘give to cach client on the board their undivided attention, regardless of other patrons. Wives or Millionaire War Profiteers, 819 with independent bank accounts, to work in sweatshops for ten hours a day, sewing buttons on overalls at one dollar per thousand. Bolsheviki to enter the Ministry and Mission field. Must be neat, clean, gentle-mannered, pure of heart and live according to the Golden Rule. Low wages, but opportunity to do much good. Only Bolsheviki need apply. Wali i, ANFF | IN THE ne OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AVE you ever been to Banff? If not, go this summer. Banff, the majestic, the beautiful, nestling in an Alpine Fairyland, where people of tired cities go to rest and play; to get a deep breath of bracing air anda physi- cal and mental uplift for working days to come. Banff, with its warm sulphur swimming pool, its trails for mountain ponies, its embarrassment of riches to lovers of out-door sports—golfers, walkers, climbers, anglers. Or Banff, where you may leisure and loaf in a luxury of glorious scenery unapproached anywhere in. the world. It is easy to get to Banff and not expensive— but hard to get away, for at Banff is the world-famous BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL The Mountain Inn of Ease Unreservedly, it is one of the most, if not the most, ap- pealing mountain hotels in the world. Here are life, music, endless opportunities for pleasure. Here a Paris and New York cuisine and the unapproachable service of a Canadian Pacific Hotel—and always most interest- ing and cosmopolitan companions. Good orchestra and dancing floor. Dining-room with capacity for 600 guests. 305 rooms. By oll means, BANEF this summer, between May 15th and September 30th. Plan your trip early by writing NOW for fall formation, address: CANADIAN PACIFIC HOTELS 1231 Broadway, New York; 140 S, Clark St., Chicago or Montreal, Canada comicbooks.com