Life, 1919-06-05 · page 14 of 46
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This page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"A Ballade of Dixie"** by Carolyn Wells: A poem romanticizing Southern women, comparing girls from Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago unfavorably to those "Away down South in Dixie." This reflects early 20th-century regionalist nostalgia. 2. **"Correct"** dialogue: A brief exchange between Willis and Gillis about stock market success, likely satirizing get-rich-quick schemes popular before the 1929 crash. 3. **"A Romance of the War"**: A WWI narrative about Russell, a soldier who captures enemy dispatches single-handedly, receives decoration, and enjoys an "honorable discharge" with marriage prospects—propagandistic wartime romance typical of Life's patriotic content during or shortly after WWI. The illustrations show period domestic and military scenes.
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982 A Ballade of Dixie FAIN would sing a ditty Or toss a gay bon mot To girls of many a city My fancy sees a-row; The Boston girl, although She's dainty as a pixy Pales beside girls I know Away down South in Dixie. There’s many a damsel pretty ~ In Philadelphia slow; To this or that committee They diligently go; They study and they sew— They aren't very mixy— The girls more welcome show Away down South in Dix Chicago girls are pretty ; Coy glances they bes Yet—though it seems a pi They cause my heart no throe. They're like bright flowers aglow; But do I love them? Nixy! For sweeter blossoms grow Away down South in Dixie. LEnvoi Fate, when the dice you throw To seal our fortunes tricksy, Send me, for weal or woe, Away down South in Dixie! Carolyn Wells, Correct ILL The secret of success is “ Keep at it.” Guts: Except in the stock market Wutis: What is it th “Keep out of it.” The Candidate: MY FRIENDS, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU HERE TO-DAY AND TO LOOK INTO YOUR EAGER, INTELLIGENT FACES “DID DEY TREAT YOU GOOD WHILE YOU WAS IN DE Hor “DID DEY TREAT ME GOOD? SAY, MAMMY, DOSE RED CROSS NUSSES SHO’ IS COLOR BLIND!” A Romance of the War «ls Condensed from All the Latest Magazines R SSELL yearned for Geraldine, a chance to do his bit and the opportunity of being a hero. So he donned a uniform, a Sam Browne belt and a martial mien. Also, he bade a sad but sudden farewell to Geraldine, the land of the free and sleeping late in the morning Over there he distinguished an enemy patrol through the darkness, himself by capturing it single-handed, and im- portant despatches in the ear of one of his prisoners. As a reward for gallantry he received a shattered arm a Croix de Guerre and an affirmative cable from Geraldine Invalided home, he soon enjoyed an honorable discharge: a military wedding and his inalienable right to life, libert and the pursuit of happiness. HE Germans now find that even the price of peace has gone up.