Life, 1919-02-27 · page 27 of 38
Life — February 27, 1919 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page depicts a husband's return home, likely from World War I military service. The title and vignettes celebrate how his presence has restored domestic life to normalcy and joy. Each sketch illustrates a wife's delight in ordinary activities now meaningful because her husband is home: breakfast tastes better, she enjoys his scolding her for digging up flowers, golf excites him again, his singing pleases her despite being off-key, she admires his military decoration (the cross pin), and window-watching for his arrival now has "sense." The comic's satire is gentle—it mocks how women's wartime sacrifices and longing transform mundane domestic routines into sources of happiness. The recurring dog emphasizes domestic contentment. This reflects post-WWI sentimentality about soldiers' homecomings and the restoration of "normal" family life, though it presents an idealized, sentimental view of women's experience during and after the war.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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