WWI Love Cupid Greeting Card with Soldier Angel 1910s

The poem helpfully clarifies that 'war is wrong and should not be,' which is doing some *heavy lifting* given that the illustration is literally a child with a gun hunting sentient mail. Dressed head-to-toe in red military uniform complete with an absurdly tall hat and tiny wings, this cherub soldier is leveling a full-sized rifle directly at a chaotic mob of anthropomorphic hearts, envelopes, and greeting cards — all of whom have stick-figure limbs and are apparently panicking. Some of these limbed valentines are fleeing, some are waving their little stick arms in distress, and at least one winged envelope is attempting escape via air, which feels deeply relatable. Victorian-era courtship was apparently a battlefield, and also, everyone involved had too many legs.