“In Bed with a Cold.” (Among Us Mortals, 01/09/1944)
by W.E. (William Ely) Hill (1887-1962)
19 x 13 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 January 9, 1944 edition, titled “In Bed with a Cold.”

“The wife won’t allow him ”to get up, even to shut the radio off. He wanted the 12 o’clock news, but that’s done with, and he’s having to listen to Elspeth May Doolittle’s daily chit-chat for the busy housewife, rife with choice recipes and friendly gossip.