'Obvious on the Face of it: "How does the war affect you, old fellow?" "Oh! Frightfully, old man - frightfully!" ' This cartoon from early in the First World War depicts two well-to-do gentlemen enjoying a cigar and a glass of wine. The two men laugh at how little the outbreak of war has affected their priveliged lifestyles, with the artist drily suggesting that it is obvious that the upper crust have had no need to economise during wartime.