Life, 1917-11-22 · page 29 of 44
Life — November 22, 1917 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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**"The Willowbys' Ward"** (top illustration): A domestic comedy strip showing a character named Molly attempting to influence a professor's luck with crops by touching his hair, playing on superstition and romantic subplot conventions of the era. **"German Loot"** (main article): A WWI-era piece arguing that Allied victory must include systematic recovery of stolen cultural treasures from Germany—specifically Flemish paintings from Bruges, Antwerp, and Brussels. The author expresses concern these masterpieces may have been lost or taken to England, treating German wartime looting as a serious crime requiring legal restitution. **"Modifying Her Draft Rules"** (dialogue joke): A social commentary on how Kit, a single woman, has adjusted her marriage prospects downward—accepting lower incomes, older men, and foreign suitors—presumably due to male shortage caused by WWI military service. All three items reflect wartime American concerns: romantic morale, German war crimes accountability, and home-front social disruption.
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THE WILLOWBYS' WARD. 25 HAVING HAD CONSIDERABLE LUCK WITH HER CROPS, MOLLY TRIES HER HAND ON THE PROFESSORS HAIK German Loot T is important that the war shall end so that the Allies can go through Germany with a search warrant for complete recovery of prisoners, slaves and stolen goods. That will be a big job, for German kidnappings and loot- ings have been enormous. To be sure, the Germans have paid dear for their swag, but that is not a reason for letting them keep it Where are the Flemish pictures? Where are the Mem- lings of Bruges and the gallery and church pictures of Antwerp and Brussels? Did any considerable number of them escape to England? Modifying Her Draft Rules ANE WILLIS: Kit-is hard up for suitors this year, isn’t she? Marie Gutis: Yes, indeed. She has lowered her stand- ard of eligible incomes, advanced her -age limit and let down the bars to foreigners, “Fling away ambition; by that sin fell the angels” comicbooks.com