Life, 1919-11-20 · page 26 of 46
Life — November 20, 1919 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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**The cartoons and jokes reflect post-WWI American concerns:** The main item, "I'm Out of the Army Now," satirizes soldiers returning from World War I. The poem depicts a soldier's naive optimism upon demobilization—imagining civilian life as theater, dance, and romance—contrasting sharply with the reality of postwar adjustment. The joke is that despite hoping to escape military monotony, he discovers civilian life offers no improvement. The shorter humor items address cost-of-living anxieties ("doesn't know how anybody lives with these prices") and domestic friction ("It hurts me more than it does you, Dolly"). The G.B.S. anecdote references George Bernard Shaw and his play "Androcles," using wit about critical disagreement. **The automobile advertisement** at page bottom represents 1920s consumer optimism and technological modernity—typical period marketing positioning cars as aspirational leisure goods. Overall, the page captures post-WWI American anxieties about readjustment, economic strain, and the gap between wartime sacrifice and peacetime reality.
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