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(6) Page 68 - Mirth-maker in chief to the Navy & Army

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(6) Page 68 - Mirth-maker in chief to the Navy & Army
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DescriptionAdvertisement for Decca portable gramophones. This advertisement depicts a gramophone, a happy soldier and a happy sailor, and its text begins: '"Mirth-Maker in Chief to the Navy & Army"/Away out in the North Sea, yonder in the Trenches, in Camps and in Hospitals without number, a vast army of Deccas is providing mirth and music for ever-vaster armies of listeners.' British servicemen had assumed the status of heroes in Britain during the course of World War I, and this was reflected in the use of references to the armed forces to sell a huge variety of products. In retrospect, knowing the terrible conditions so many soldiers endured, the jolly portait painted of military service in this advert seems in rather bad taste. However, at the time the government was determined to keep morale high by painting as optimistic a picture of the war as possible. Advertisements like this were not out of keeping with the positive propaganda campaign.
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Sea-Pie
Description'Sea-Pie' magazine was founded to raise funds for authorised naval charities. The first issue appeared on 23 June 1917, priced one shilling. The magazine typically contained short stories, poems, cartoons, and paintings and drawings, often on a nautical theme.
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Blighty and Sea Pie
DescriptionEditions 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.