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| Keywords: Unfassbar1891.png de Original caption Unfassbar ;Tante ž Und drei Lieutenants fielen bei dem Angriff ;Backfisch žO Gott o Gott Wie man es nur über's Herz bringen kann einen Lieutenant zu tödten en approximate translation Inconceivable ;Aunt ž And three lieutenants were killed in the attack <br> ;Teenager ž O God O God How can someone have the heart to kill a lieutenant This is a satire on a sheltered middle- or upper-class young woman who can't imagine why everybody doesn't admire dashing young officers in uniform the way she does As a 19th-century young lady the place where she most often interacts with lieutenants is at formal social events like balls where they're attired in their fancy-dress uniforms and where the young ladies attending these events enjoy flirting and dancing with them The particular attraction of lieutenants is that those with a lower military rank would be non-officers and so belong to a lower social class and thus would be completely ineligible as potential suitors while many of those with a higher military rank would already be married So when she wonders why anybody would be so hard-hearted as to kill a lieutenant it's not out of a vague generalized non-specific benevolence but rather because she vividly pictures them as she has encountered them available eligible bachelors in their shiny fancy-dress uniforms elegantly flirting with and flattering young ladies Fliegende Blätter page 19 1891 C Zopf PD-old 1891 cartoons 1890s fashion Drawings of girls | ||||
