An ingenious formula this, to depict
the post-war forces of repression seeking a sustained climate of secrey
and censorship as a Victorian Maiden Aunt inhibiting the vigour of the
British culture. Above left is about the only effective drawing Bernard
Partidge managed on a politicial subject for Punch. Both cartoons are
1919.
George
Whitelow The Passing Show pleading with Ernest Shackleton to take DORA
with him on his Polar expedition 1921
Mrs.
Grundy, a variant, The Passing Show UK cover 1922
Another
variant - Killjoy's inhibitions muffled by the Plain Man - a variant
from The Passing Show UK cover March 1922
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