Life, 1917-06-28 · page 11 of 39
Life — June 28, 1917 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**Top Illustration:** "The Willowbys' Ward" depicts a domestic scene where Mrs. Willowby apparently must "spruce up" her ward—a young woman being presented to what appears to be military or aristocratic visitors. The scene satirizes social propriety and the performance of respectability. **Text Section "It Is Forbidden":** References WWI, describing a French soldier who lubricates his rifle with tobacco allowance and corresponds using "Bleu de guerre" (war dispatches). The anecdote humorously illustrates how soldiers circumvent military regulations about communication—the phrase "Il est defendu de dire où est l'ennemi" (forbidden to say where the enemy is) jokes about censorship and wartime secrecy. **Bottom Cartoons:** "The Third Generation: Peace and War" appears to show contrasting attitudes across generations regarding conflict.
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€- Gostee CUNCOON THE WILLOWBYS' WARD. 4 MOLLY PERSUADES MRS. WILLOWBY IT’S HER DUTY TO SPRUCE UP A BIT “It Is Forbidden” ARLY in the war J. B. adopted a French soldier and furnishes him vith a monthly allowance of tobacco. Incidentally, he is also lubricating his usty French by carrying on a corre- pondence with his “ filleul de guerre,” ho writes him from the trenches, somewhere in France.” In a recent letter, the soldier in- cd his American benefactor that eux Boches. Ils sont "(Yesterday I killed They went straight to hell.) The censor wrote between the lines, “JL est defendu de dire ot est cnnemi.” (It is forbidden to tell where the enemy is!) IP for the Kaiser: America never THE THIRD GENERATION lost a war. PEACE AND WAR