Life, 1917-09-27 · page 7 of 40
Life — September 27, 1917 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two satirical cartoons from *Life* magazine, likely from World War I era. **Top cartoon:** Shows a large cannon with figures operating it. The dialogue criticizes America's military preparedness—a father notes the country lacks rifles, wondering why food speculators aren't being shot. This satirizes both inadequate armament and profiteering during wartime. **Bottom cartoon:** Titled "Excited Bridegroom," depicts a military officer at a train station searching for his bride, apparently on the wrong train. The "Lost-Brides Department" offers to supply a replacement wife. This is absurdist humor about wartime chaos and hasty military marriages, mocking the disruption war caused to civilian life and domestic arrangements. Both cartoons use exaggeration to critique war-related social and economic problems.
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“NY/HY is it that Senator La Follette doesn’t go to Ger- * many to live?” “T think he rather feels that he can do better work for Germany here.” ial PAPA. we haven't any rifles in this country, have we?” “T believe not, my son.” “TI wonder if that is why the food speculators are not being shot.” Excited Bridegroom: MY WIFE MUST BE ON THE WRONG TRAIN! “INQUIRE OF OUR LOST-BRIDES DEPARTMENT, IF YOU DON’T FIND HER WE WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH ANOTHER.” comicbooks.com