Life — July 16, 1908 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 71 The main cartoon depicts a man in formal evening wear frantically fleeing, carrying a newspaper headlined "384 DEGREES IN THE SHADE OF THE YALE ARMS." The caption reads: "YOUNG MAN, YOU SHOULD HAVE 384 KICKS CONFERRED IN THE SHADE OF YOUR COAT TAIL." This appears to satirize extreme heat and discomfort during summer in New Haven, Connecticut (Yale's location). The exaggerated temperature and the man's panicked flight suggest mockery of how unbearably hot the weather was—so intense it's literally chasing him away. The page also contains a poem titled "A Revolutionary Miniature" by Clinton Scollard about a woman, plus a domestic comedy sketch and an illustration of cats at bottom. The overall theme concerns summer weather and social inconveniences of the era.