Life Magazine – August 30, 1917 (# 1818) – Will War End Soon?

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Cover : “The old, old story,” Little girl asking boy to fetch her an apple from high in the tree, art by J. R. Shaver.

– Full page color ads for Chase Mohair Velvets (Luxurious motor-car upholstery … wow, pretty ad, not signed), Omar Turkish cigarettes, Life Savers (with super art of the Life cherub reading Life while nestled in the hole of a life saver, not signed).
– Full page black and white ads for Locomobile, Franklin Automobile (art by Laurence Fellows).
– Funny half page artwork by Ellison Hoover, “How our movie actors portray Lincoln.”
– Super cute quarter page artwork by Robert L. Dickey (mother dog hurrying her pups by a sign that says “Beware of the dog!,” Hasten, my dears! That’s where your father lives.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Victor C. Anderson (Landscape format, “The breadwinner,” Little boy returning to poor home at the end of the day of work to a downtrodden mother and two younger siblings), Charles Dana Gibson (The sympathetic neighbor … Lady Democracy is helping to free Lady Germany from the chains Imposed on her by Hohenzoller), Rea Irvin (Why not make the uniform attractive?), Charles Forbell (In ye goode olde days, establyshyng ye five-minute recorde), Donald McKee (Millennial moments).
– 1917 issues often have a half page artwork by F. Foster Lincoln in the series “The Willowbys’ Ward,” this one is number 13 “In spite of so many of Molly’s military friends about, the Willowbys fail to enjoy a sense of complete security,” one of the men is showing the ward his gun and it is pointed at the Willowbys.
– Two page centerspread art by Harry Grant Dart, “Congress,” shown as puppets on strings operated by rich interests and strong movements.
– Some current events include : Wouldn’t the Pope be more comfortable joining the Allies?; Everybody wants peace; Judge Cropsey declines to run for mayor on an anti-Fusion ticket.
– Small photos of French war orphans : Helene Tollet (Baby 1362), Odette Mercur (1360), Liliane Lefebvre (1263), Elie Roulet (383) and his mother and sisters, Genevieve Taveau (597).
– Quote from the editor’s column : “Loyal Americans of German derivation will suffer very much from the collapse of German reputation in Europe, but we should see to it that they suffer no more than we an help.”
– And much, much more.