Life Magazine – March 9, 1916 (# 1741) – Stahr – Telephone Party Line

– Full page color Fatima cigarettes ad with portrait of wise old Man of Affairs.
– Nice full page ad for American Chain company with art by R. Yook.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. Foster Lincoln (I feel two natures struggling within me), Charles Forbell (Fancy skating), Charles Dana Gibson (Hard Hit : Alarming symptoms of a young man falling in love for the first time), Charles Broughton (excellent art of a tiger and more, with poem by Walter Adolphe Roberts, “Tiger and Ape”).
– Quarter page ad for very neat Hodgson Portable Houses, come in painted sections and can be assembled by unskilled workmen.
– Two page centerspread art by William H. Walker, “Nobody loves a fat man, especially if he fattens on the misfortunes of others.”
– Some current events include : Washington is full of the most astonishing tattle about the President’s private deportment, Professor Jacks, Discussion between Washington and Berlin of the details of etiquette for German submarines making acquaintance with merchant ships, Verdun.
– Very nice full page color Baker Electrics ad with seaside scene, “Comfort,” with the wagon or carriage with a driver holding a whip, or “box on H” artist’s glyph.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1916 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!