“Don’t You Know There’s A War On?” (Among Us Mortals, 11/14/1943)
by W.E. (William Ely) Hill (1887-1962)
26 x 19 in., ink on board
Coppola Collection

W.E. (William Ely) Hill (1887-1962) was known for his masterful black and white Sunday page, “Among Us Mortals,” sometimes referred to as the Hill Page.

In this November 14, 1943 edition, titled “Don’t You Know There’s a War On?”

“The little wife has brought husband’s size 16 shirt for the laundry man to see the terrible shrinkage. And what’s he going to do about it? The laundry man knows his business and just says “Lady, don’t you know there’s a war on?”