Life Magazine – October 25, 1917 (# 1826) – Ladies with car trouble

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Cover : Three women sitting idly by their broken down car at night, “They toil not, neither do they spin,” great art by John LaGatta.

– Full page color ads for Lexington Motor Company (Minute Man Six, with nice art of fox hunting scene, signed but I do not recognize artist name), Willys-Knight cars (At home with Thoroughbreds, nice art, not signed), Pall Mall cigarettes (Birds of a Feather, flying theme).
– Full page ads for Locomobile Series two (Limousines and Landaulets), Waltham Watches (adopted by Italian railroads, probably not a positive endorsement in 2014!), Victrola (embodiment of all that is best in music),
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Forbell (In ye goode olde days : ye honeymoone trippe), Donald McKee (If we could only explain), Charles Dana Gibson (How it’s done), Angus MacDonall (Sacrifice … two parents hoisting young son over high wall labeled “Education, Fame, Fortune).
– Nice half page art by Dick Hartley (Bringing up the last reserves … soldiers taking care of babies).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Broughton (An imperial Dream).
– Small photos of French orphans Madeleine Duhoux (# 1555), Georges Themee (# 1511, Suzanne Lanthe (# 868), Andre Flaudin (# 1431), France Gaudry (# 802), Andre Huel (# 1205).
– Some current events include : The mayoralty campaign is a deep mystery, The question of the control of the faculty at Colombia, Dismissal of teachers Cattell and Dana, General Winter (cold) may take hold to end the war.
– And much, much more.