Life Magazine – September 20, 1917 (# 1821) – Growing War Enthusiasm

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Cover : Little girl choosing a military man over the one that has bought her a peppermint stick, art by Crawford Young.

– Full page color ads for Michelin (curved tire tubes, art by Arthur N. Edrop), Chesterfield cigarettes (nice art of man with flowing blue neck cloth, art by Donald Gardner), Pall Mall cigarettes (Allies).
– Full page black and white ads for Marathon Tire & Rubber (hand made tires), Liberty Motor Car Company (Liberty closed cars, with photos), Gillette Safety Razor Company (Gillete U.S. Service Set, with nice art of soldier and sailor).
– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Broughton (Where the varmint belongs, skin of German leader tacked up on shed wall), Alexander Popini (Lost his dance partner, Mole in the small of her back).
– Literary editor’s column is about Evert Jansen Wendell, college man.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Did he die in vain?”, looks like a Dutch or Belgian man just killed by Germany.
– Small photos of French war orphans : Lucienne Lamar (Baby 727), Maurice Villedieu (Brother of baby 56, shown with his hoop), Madeleine Thirion (626) with her mother and sisters.
– Some current events include : Riga has fallen to the Germans; Goods have been found on Sweden (cheating neutrality); Dudley Field Malone has resigned as Collector of the Port of New York; I.W.W. is doing everything it can to impede the government in the prosecution of the war.
– And much, much more.