Life, 1918-12-19 · page 13 of 34
Life — December 19, 1918 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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The page contains two editorial cartoons critiquing World War I and post-war policy. **Top cartoon:** Shows a small soldier crying while adults discuss him, with caption "Well, what is the little soldier crying for?" / "That there man says that this is the last war!" This mocks political promises that WWI would be "the war to end all wars"—suggesting cynicism about whether peace will actually last. **Bottom cartoon:** Depicts a caricatured military officer in an oversized car labeled "WHEN OBLIGED TO FILL HIS RADIATOR MR. PACHYDERM FINDS A PITCHER QUITE UNNECESSARY." This appears to satirize military leadership's wasteful or absurd behavior, possibly critiquing military bureaucracy or resource mismanagement during wartime. The accompanying text discusses post-war reconstruction challenges and reformers' debates about governmental change versus moral conversion.
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“WELL, WHAT Is THE LITTLE SOLDIEK CRYING FOR? “TMAT THERE MAN SAYS THAT THIS Is THE LAS’ Wak! design or intention of being chilly her- elf, She carried away the rolling tock of France and Belgium, and ex- Jained that its restoration would be distressing inconvenience. She pre- fers not to settle the account. The rul- ing which is as old as life and as uble as death, “Who breaks, has no significance to the Teu- ton mind, Tt must be enforced to be understood. Most reformers admit that the con- rmed criminal is hard to move. The esson of the war has taught the adult German nothing. Conversion does not ie in change of government, but in hange of heart. Missionaries had bet- ter turn their attention to the children, nd give them “ Water-Babies to ead, It may persuade even little Huns hat they had better begin in time to lo as they would be done by, because even the arrogance of the Father- land nor the sympathy of British and American pacifists can save them in the long run from being done hy as hey did Agnes Repplier. WHEN ORLICED TO PILL HIS RADIATOR MR, PACHYDERS QUITE UNNECESSARY FINDS A PITCHER comicbooks.com