At this time of year, newspapers and magazines usually carry a cartoon that marks the end of the old year and the beginning of the new one. It has always been thus...
Below are some examples of American and French newspaper cartoons that appeared at the end of December 1922 or in early January 1923 and that capture the letting go of the old year and hopes and fears for the new year.
They are normally very subtle and anodyne. The arrival of a new baby or youngster and the departure of an old person is a typical motif to mark the departure of the old year and the beginning of the new one. However, the last of the American cartoons, which appeared in the Washington DC-based Evening Star on 31 December 1922 is more overt in its message. A character, meant to represent the new Turkish nation is being prompted by the western Allies to sign a new year's resolution saying "I promise to do unto others as I'd have them do unto me".
The last of the French cartoons from the Paris-based paper L'Oeuvre introduces a touch of humour with its fake predictions for 1923, including one that says that Germany will offer France so many gold marks that France will not be able to accept them all!
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