Life, 1924-01-31 · page 7 of 36
Life — January 31, 1924 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical commentary on World War I. The main article, "Food for Slaughter," uses dark humor to critique the war's casualty rates. It references historical conflicts (noting that in 5000 A.D., future historians will observe this era's massive loss of life) and mocks the military's tactics—comparing armies' supply of food to their supply of soldiers meant for consumption. The illustration labeled "The Feminine Touch" shows a woman working in what appears to be munitions manufacturing, sardonically titled given the article's grim subject matter. A separate humor piece, "Setting-Up Exercise," presents a father-son dialogue about boxing training, likely offering light relief from the war-focused content above. The overall page uses satire to critique the mechanized slaughter of modern warfare.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
a Vice Hervey— “MOTHER, THEY WANT ME To JOIN THEIR CLU Food for Slaughter AD. they fou 1 The Tear Gas Squad got busy It started when se © their Onion Slicers. stepped on the Chinese President's toe The Ripe This naturally brought on a conflict on the Rot between the U; States and C. ; “Don't £ which conflict of course embr Jugo-Slavs with the Czech ah y tilted with cav From that point on, the conflagration giant French loaves as. th became epicosmic the joust Everybody wanted to fight. I / nes cannonaded 1 there was one difficulty in the way. The cities barrel after barrel nations having disarmed for the past Semon flour two thousand years, and having long since burnt all books relative to war, there existed neither a knowledge of fighting nor the ammunition to fight with. Oh, yes! The people had witnessed i _ je Folks many hts in the movies. The " What knowledge of this mode of warfare Harmle coupled with the tremendous supply of ; Saf food which the theretofore peace-loving j nations had on hand, afforded ways and . , means of initiating the conflict. / Setting-Up By both sides the Pu Rice mek ON (noting fathe tillery was immediately brought into {9 il shak action. Exercise The Custard Pie Slingers vied with the Heavy Huckleberry Heavers. THE FEMININE TOUCH comicbooks.com