Life, 1919-05-01 · page 16 of 44
Life — May 1, 1919 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains post-WWI American satire, likely from 1919-1920. The "News We Haven't Heard from Germany" section mockingly lists things Germany will *never* admit or do—including dismantling Hindenburg monuments, prosecuting submarine warfare criminals, or genuinely seeking peace. It's satirizing German refusal to accept responsibility for wartime atrocities and losses. The "What?" section, attributed to *The New York Sun*, critiques President Woodrow Wilson's apparent retreat from his ambitious postwar goals: world federation through the League of Nations, self-determination for nations, and expanded executive power. The rhetorical questions sarcastically ask what happened to Wilson's grand plans—implying he compromised or abandoned them during treaty negotiations. The illustrations show: a domestic scene (possibly representing postwar American normalcy) and "The Family Vault" (unclear reference). "The Care of the Cow" satirizes consumers' frustration with milk costs after wartime inflation.
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748 Me Lad "TIS the eyes of ye that're changed, me lad, Not yer face or yer sunny smile; There's a look down deep in the depths o’ them That'll stay there fer a while. That look’s in the eye of every lad That comes back agin over the sea. It’s a-sayin’ what yer lips won't tell, And, lad, I am proud of ye! Martha D. Tourison. News We Haven't Heard from Germany HAT they have torn down the great wooden statue of Hinden- burg in Berlin. That they have issued a warrant for William IT, dead or alive. That they have brought to trial the persons responsible for unrestricted submarine warfare. That they have discovered one Ger- man who is honestly sorry they sank the Lusitania. That they are calling for volunteers to help repair the damage they did in Northern France, Ditto in Belgium. That they admit they lost the war. That they are in favor of any peace terms thus far put forward. That they really want to live at peace with the rest of the world. THE FAMILY VAULT THE CARE OF THE COW THE CONSUMER'S IDEA OF IT, AFTER PAYING THE MILK BILL What ? What has become of his self-de- termined, grandiose project, substan- tially amounting to world federation on a plan of his own devising? What has become of the audacious assumption that he spoke with full authority from the American people? What has become of his willing- ness to destroy the Monroe Doctrine? What has become of the league which would have substituted inter- national super-sovereignty for the full American sovereignty which his oath of office bound him to uphold and protect? What has become of experi- ment in the expansion of Executive power at the expense of the codrdi- nate departments of our constitu- tionally ordered government ?—The New York Sun, Eco answers, “ What?”