Life, 1919-01-09 · page 5 of 34
Life — January 9, 1919 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct satirical pieces: **"Something Like" and "An Exception"** (top): A dialogue between two figures—Crawford and Crabshaw—discussing post-WWI reconstruction. Crawford wants to see Germans rebuild destroyed French and Belgian infrastructure; Crabshaw counters that wartime inflation makes a dollar worth only half its prewar value, so reconstruction progress appears slower than expected. This satirizes economic hardships and inflation following World War I. **"Her First Proposal"** (bottom): A cartoon showing a woman proposing to a snowman with "Be my wife" written on it. The caption reads: "I'm all ashame for love of you; The only girl I ever knew." This humorously mocks romantic sentimentality by depicting the absurdity of proposing to an inanimate object—likely satirizing either overwrought romantic expression or wartime loneliness.
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Something Like An Exception RAWFORD: How do you feel about reconsteuetion? —“F_FOW the war and sudden peace have speeded up Crassuaw: I'd like to see the Germans reconstruct- everything!" ing the places they destroyed in France and Belgium “But a dollar travels only about half as far as it did.” HER FIRST PROPOSAL “I'm all aflame for love of you; The only girl I ever knew.” comicbooks.com