Life Magazine – October 24, 1918 (# 1878) – Allies

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Cover : German Kaiser kneeling with his sword held out before the Allied armed forces, current and past, “Der Tag” (The Day), art by Rea Irvin.

– ALLIES’ NUMBER.
– Full page color ad for Pall Mall cigarettes.
– Full page ads for Mimeograph (faster than Aviation wireless!), Robbins & Myers Motors.
– Half page ad for W. L. Douglas shoes, the shoe that holds its shape.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Rodney Thomson (Why the armies of France are invincible), Charles Dana Gibson (The overworked specialist, beauty parlor specializing in black eyes), Charles Forbell (Allies Uber Deutschland)
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Broughton, Winding it Up, Allied countries of the world dancing around a Maypole that is the Kaiser, as Lady Liberty and Lady Justice watch.
– Small photos of fatherless French children, Baby 2713 Anne Marquex and her brothers, Baby 1984 Antoinete Micourand and her brother.
– Some current events include : No armistice at present, Communications from the beyond, Germans murdered all the passengers of the Ticonderoga, the Leinster and the Hirano Maru while peace talks were underway, Germans have expressed willingness to evacuate territory but are still committing atrocities.
– And much, much more.