Blighty > Summer, 1918
(26) Back cover - When the old 'bus begins one of her stunts I fly to Army Club
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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Blighty > Summer, 1918 > (26) Back cover - When the old 'bus begins one of her stunts I fly to Army Club |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74458423 |
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| Description | Advertisement for 'Cavanders' Army Club Cigarettes' by Will Owen. This advertisement for '"Cavanders' ARMY CLUB" CIGARETTES' features a cartoon of a stylishly dressed woman and a uniformed man. Whilst the caricatured officer is removing a cigarette from its case, he leers through his monocle at his female companion. It sends the message that if you smoke these cigarettes, you too could be in the company of a beautiful woman. The caption reads: 'ARCHIE: "When the old 'bus begins one of her stunts I fly to Army Club" / DOLLY: "Where is this Army Club you boys are always talking about?" / ARCHIE: "My priceless old thing, it isn't a place; it's It - THE ONLY CIGARETTE! Try one."' The Cartoonist Will Owen is perhaps best remembered for creating the ragamuffin children fondly known as the 'Bisto Kids'. They first appeared just after the end of World War I and were an immediate hit with the general public. Brought up in Malta, Owen studied at the Lambeth School of Art and eventually became an illustrator for 'Punch' magazine. |
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| Description | This special summer edition was a selection of some of the best poems, stories and sketches submitted. A note at the back of the magazine informed readers that many of those chosen for inclusion had been written 'in the trenches and dug-outs, whilst the Hun shells are screaming overhead'. |
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| Description | A humorous weekly magazine issued free to the troops in the First World War; contained short stories, poems, cartoons, paintings and drawings, with contributions from men on active service. Distributed by the War Office, the Admiralty and the Red Cross, and subsidised through donations and sales to the general public. |
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| Shelfmark | 6.84 |
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| Description | Editions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families. |
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