Life Magazine – September 14, 1916 (# 1768) – Secretary of Navy Number

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Cover : Lady Justice grabbing Josephus Daniels before he gets into a Navy boat, art by William H. Walker.

– JOSEPHUS DANIELS NUMBER (unpopular Secretary of the Navy).

– Full page color ads for Blue Boar rough cut tobacco, Prince Albert tobacco, Williams’ Shaving soaps.

– Full page black and white ads for Liberty Motor Car (with art showing the operation of the emergency brake), Perrier table water, American Chain Company (Take a Chance … He did, art by Yook), Franco-American Soups (canned Mock Turtle soup), Mitchell cars (1917 Smart Cars), Harmony blended pipe tobacco.

– Half page ad for the Hollenden hotel in Cleveland with art of the building.

– Full page art or cartoon art by William H. Walker (two pages, The general staff of the United States Navy, according to Josephus), Harrison Cady (landscape format, Marooned, if the Navy had its way), Charles Dana Gibson (You never compliment me any more on my appearance), Harry Grant Dart (I resign).

– Small photo of fatherless French Marguerite Marcq (Baby 58) and her mother.

– Two page COLOR centerspread art by Victor C. Anderson (The auction sale – old friends must part, Old man gently holding his old horse as it is auctioned off), sad but great art.

– Some current events include : Action of the government on the railroad strike, Interstate Commerce Commission, Judge Hughes, Greece is following Roumania (Romania) into the Allies’ fold, Flight of Hohenzollerns and their tools from their thrones.

– Regarding the railroad strike, “The representatives of 400,000 well-paid men took the country by the throat and shook it until Congress bribed them to let go.”

– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!