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(9) Page 23 - Ca n'fait rien
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74460971
Description	Cartoon by Private A.E. Bestall. This cartoon shows an officer on leave from France. He appears to have just left church and is walking arm in arm with his sweetheart and young sister. The caption reads: 'CA N'FAIT RIEN. / Small sister: "HAVE YOU ANOTHER SWEETHEART OUT IN FRANCE, TOM?" / Brother (on leave): "GOOD GRACIOUS, NO - WHY?" / Small sister: "THEN, WHO IS THE SAN FAIRY ANN YOU ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT?"' 'Ca n'fait rien' translates roughly as 'it doesn't matter'. The humour lies in the fact that the young sister mishears 'ca n'fait rien' as 'San Fairy Ann', and assumes that it is a girl's name.

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Cartoons (commentary) Images > Pictures > Illustrations > Periodical Illustrations
Subject / content:	Children (people by age group) Couples French language Girls Lovers Officers (military officers) Women
Person / organisation:	Bestall, Alfred [Artist]
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Christmas, 1918
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Dates / events:	1918 [Date published]
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Blighty
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Description	A humorous weekly magazine issued free to the troops in the First World War; contained short stories, poems, cartoons, paintings and drawings, with contributions from men on active service. Distributed by the War Office, the Admiralty and the Red Cross, and subsidised through donations and sales to the general public.
Shelfmark	6.84

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Periodicals
Dates / events:	1916-1920 [Date published] World War, 1914-1918 [Date/event in text]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Humor
Person / organisation:	Walbrook & Co. [Printer] Walbrook & Co. [Publisher] Committee of Blighty [Publisher]
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Blighty and Sea Pie
Description	Editions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families.