Life — May 20, 1909 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a sketch depicting a social gathering of women, likely from the early 1900s based on the clothing and hairstyles. The partial caption reads: "BUT THE VIEW IS WITH SOME OF THE WOMEN'S COLLEGES ARE SAID TO THEIR..." The incomplete text suggests satire about women's colleges and their perceived views on something (the full critique is cut off). The illustration shows well-dressed women in an interior setting, with two women seated prominently in the foreground while others stand in the background observing. Without the complete caption, the specific satirical target is unclear, but Life magazine frequently mocked educational trends and women's institutions of the era. The scene appears to critique either the pretentiousness of women's college culture or their social attitudes, though the exact point remains obscured by the truncated text.