Life, 1919-05-08 · page 4 of 46
Life — May 8, 1919 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page features a satirical cartoon titled "Methuselah: Who craveth an audience with me?" The joke plays on the biblical Methuselah, famous for extreme longevity (969 years). A character representing "Eternal Youth" visits him as a messenger from Life magazine, claiming to have Methuselah's age/number for an upcoming feature called "The Veterans' Number of Life, coming next week." The satire targets Life's editorial focus on featuring elderly figures and longevity stories. The cartoon mocks both the magazine's editorial priorities and society's fascination with extreme age. The page also includes a subscription appeal emphasizing Life's value to soldiers overseas, suggesting this is from WWI or interwar period.
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WX S ill A Methuselah: Who craveth an audience with me? “O Monarch of Eternal Youth, a messenger from the office of Lire. He claimeth that he hath thy number.” “And that is? P “The Veterans’ Number of Lire, Master. Coming next week.” Special Offer From a Letter ish to thank you very much for the Lires you send, for they are not only a of enjoyment to me, but the boys or for seconds and thirds on them, as it were.” There are fully half a million men in our _ Army of Occupation overseas, and this is the 3 : ENR: (os a way they write to us. One copy has to go a Opes, Caly to age aubecribers: long way. of Send them a subscription: $53 a year to the ef A. E. F,, if no local foreign address be given. (1 Owe Yer, $5.00, (Canadian, $5.52; Fosige, $6.04) LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. 90