Life — March 17, 1898 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# March Editorial Cartoon from Life Magazine This satirical illustration depicts **March as a turbulent month** symbolized by the word "MARCH" on a stormy, wind-whipped landscape. The personified month, rendered as a classical figure with wings and wild hair, dominates the composition with swirling, chaotic energy. Below, various figures struggle against the month's chaos: a rotund man labeled "MARCH" battles the wind, while others ride an animal (possibly representing unpredictable weather or conditions). At the bottom, a figure in a top hat is blown into water or swept away—likely satirizing how March's unpredictability affects people, particularly the wealthy or powerful. The cartoon plays on the traditional saying that "March comes in like a lion," using exaggerated visual metaphors to mock the month's notorious instability and its effects on society.