Life, 1919-03-27 · page 29 of 44
Life — March 27, 1919 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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**Top illustration**: A sentimental romantic scene showing an ambulance driver and young officer reuniting in a garden after WWI—a nostalgic post-war romance narrative common to the era. **"First Aid Methods"**: A satirical list mocking government bureaucracy's absurd over-regulation. Each injury requires contacting a different federal agency (Fire Prevention, Rivers and Harbors Board, Agriculture Department, etc.), poking fun at post-war governmental expansion and red tape. The joke about "Deafness" suggests seeking a Senate seat as compensation—mocking corruption and disabled veterans' plight. **"Little Girl" anecdote**: A child sees a man wearing a gold star (indicating a son killed in combat) and assumes *he* was killed—dark wartime humor about the ubiquity of death and confusion about mourning symbols. **Bug cartoon**: Two insects discuss fireflies under arrest for violating "lichtless nights" (blackout regulations). This likely references WWI's wartime blackout laws, now humorously applied to nature. The page overall satirizes post-war adjustment, government overreach, and the absurdities of wartime regulations lingering in peacetime.
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THE AMBULANCE DRIVER AND THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN AFTER THE WAR First Aid Methods (Under Government Control) > Case of Burns—Read Bulletin 168,- 42, Bureau of Fire Prevention. Jrowning—Notify nearest engineer tthe Rivers and Harbors Board, Report 1,402, Dopartment of Agriculture. e—-Write Bureau of Animal ndry for course of treatment inder in’ Eye — Procure flas n your congressman and apply cted part. e-sting—Send for Secure a seat in’ the Sonate, where your affliction will prove roafness— von instead of a handicap. LITTLE girl and her mother, walking down Broadway, passed officer with a gold star on his arm. lattes Girt: Oh, mamma, look! Isat man was killed in the war, OE difficulty with life's problems is. that we can’t turn to the back of the book and find the answers. Second Bug First Bug WHY, THEY'VE JUST PLACED YOUNG FIRE WHAT'S THE TROUBLE HERE LY UNDER ARREST. HE HASN'T BEEN OBSERVING THE LAW FOR LICHTLESS NIGHTS. comicbooks.com