Life — January 26, 1911 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Political Cartoon Analysis This page from *Life* magazine contains two satirical cartoons about early 20th-century social issues. The top cartoon shows a man in formal dress objecting to his wife wearing "tights in this new part," to which she responds "All right. Go on as you are, then." The joke satirizes male hypocrisy about women's fashion—he objects to her revealing clothing while he himself wears theatrical costume. The bottom cartoon, captioned "Adding Insult to Injury," depicts a car accident with a sign reading "Tariff Commission Report," suggesting the government's tariff policies compound economic harm. This references President Taft's tariff commission, criticized in the accompanying article "A Matter for Great Concern" as moving too slowly and potentially causing economic disruption to American industries.