Life — February 8, 1900 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "When the Hunting Season Opens" The top illustration depicts Cupid (a cherub with bow and arrow) as game being hunted by a woman in classical dress. The accompanying poem satirizes romantic pursuit—specifically mocking men's predictable behavior when courting ("No use to try to dodge him, for his methods are not fair"). The bottom section contains brief satirical prose items, including a joke about borrowed Japanese armor and a piece mocking President Kruger's exile to St. Helena, suggesting he should be "leased to Major Pond for a season of lecturing in the United States instead." The page appears to be from an early 1900s *Life* magazine issue. The Cupid cartoon uses hunting metaphors to satirize romantic courtship conventions, while the prose items mock contemporary political and social figures through humor.