Life, 1927-03-10 · page 8 of 38
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This page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"That'll Hold 'Em"** - A humorous anecdote about George Washington during the Revolutionary War (Georgia campaign), where Washington lost his hat and a drummer boy's small hat was substituted, causing Washington to develop a cold. 2. **"The New Betsy Ross"** - A cartoon illustration (bottom left) showing a woman sewing, likely satirizing contemporary fashion or domestic life, though the specific reference is unclear from the visible text. 3. **"Modern Mother's Advice to Daughter"** and **"What's Wrong with This Sentence?"** - These appear to be humor columns offering satirical guidance on fashion, behavior, and grammar/language usage for young women. The page exemplifies *Life* magazine's blend of historical anecdotes, social satire, and advice humor targeting early 20th-century readers.
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That'll Hold ’Em MONG the most amusing anec- dotes about George Washington is one called “Rosemary—That's for Getting So Fresh,” which shows the General's quick wit and steady head in a crisis. It was upon the famous march through Georgia (sometimes called the Georgia Stomp), when the Little Corporal was leading _ his picked company of Rough Riders through snow and ice to Christmas dinner in Paris. Curiously enough, it was during this same trip that General Sherman, one of Washing- ton’s scouts at the time, shot and killed a Confederate soldier whom he had mistaken for a postman. Anyway, the Father of His Coun- try (United States) found himself one morning in the embarrassing po- sition of a man without a hat. He didn’t know how or where he had lost it, but the hat was gone. Who,” pouted the General, “ever ard of a General without a hat?” Then, with a great surge of pride— “We Washingtons have always had hats.” Just as they had decided to call the war off a drummer boy stepped up to the mighty man as he prowled the battlements. “Sire,” lisped the tot, “you may have my hat.” “Gre! WHERE’D YA WELL ROCKS? YA MUST HAVE A WONDER- FUL STONE QUARRY RIGHT NEAR By.” “And what,” said the Sultan of Swat, smiling down on the little fel- low, “will you wear?” “T have my instrument,” replied the boy simply, and placing his drum on his head he strode off to almost certain death. So the General wore the drummer boy’s hat, and though it served the purpose, it was very much too small for him. In consequence, Washing- ton developed a severe cold. This was the 14th of March, '77. On the 17th a sergeant named Chet ap- proached Washington and said: “M’'Lord, where did you get that dreadful cold? Washington sprang to his fect. “I cannot tell a lic,” he said. “I did it with my little hat, Chet.” And tear- ing off his coat he sprang into the Delaware. Phyllis Ryan. THE NEW BETSY ROSS Modern Mother’s Advice to Daughter Lt fashion be guide; your foremost Go slow on cigarettin, Be careful what you drink — and, dear (pleadingly), DISCRIMINATE in petting. What’s Wrong with This Sentence? ff H, you didn’t see the fire-plug? Well, I certainly beg your par don, sir. Go ahead.” “So the first traveling man said, cup? A door's not a door when it’s ajar.’ “Keep your seat, sir; you've been working hard all day. They told the man they had left their pass at home, but the man said it was all right and permitted thea to enter. She hadn't read a word about the Chaplin case. “Well, sir, I turned on my new radio last night, and would you be- lieve it, I sat there till three o'clock in the morning and couldn't get @ thing.” The girl said she was not hungry. They decided they could not afford an automobile because they were 9 heavily in debt. Friendless and alone, he poured himself a stiff drink of pre-war brandy. E. D. U. comicbooks.com