Life Magazine – October 11, 1917 (# 1824) – Triking with Lunch

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Cover : Little boy riding his trike / tricycle with lunch in both hands, “A business man’s lunch,” art by Victor C. Anderson.

– Full page color ads for Omar cigarettes (with name in Chinese lanterns on black), Chesterfield cigarettes (with art of gentleman), Chase Plush Motor Car Robes (nice art of couple under robe driving their car, not signed).
– Full page ads for Liberty Loans, Nujol for constipation (from Standard Oil!), White Company Trucks (nice art, signed, but illegible, possibly Cole), Republic tires, Cadillac Motor Cars, Tuxedo Tobacco, Ladies’ World magazine, Macbeth Lens car headlights.
– Small photos of fatherless French children Baby 1322 Josephine Couton and her siblings, Baby 1405 Denis Mathonnat and his sister, Baby 804 Simone Lux.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Alexander Popini (Steady Girls, help is at hand … the home guard being rescued by a young boy herding a cow), Charles Dana Gibson (Lady Liberty running to rescue a crucified Lady Belgium from Germany), Harry Grant Dart (Congress says, “Have no fear.  Remember I am behind you.” “That’s just what worries me”).
– Two page centerspread art by Harry Grant Dart, When It’s All Over, marketplace full of ex-leaders and ex-rulers.
– Some current events include : The US government needs money for the war, Liberty Bonds, quite an entertaining column about buying bonds with credit, Philadelphia police ceased to be a protective force and became an instrument of political oppression, “No world that is not safe for democracy will be safe for us.”
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!