Life — June 1, 1911 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains six satirical sketches about contemporary social issues from May (year unclear from image). **Top cartoon**: Queen Alexandra returning royal jewels—likely referencing a real incident involving the British royal family. **Middle section**: "Divorced men now debarred from King George's court"—mocks a royal court policy excluding divorced men, shown as rejected suitors. **Bottom four panels** satirize various May-related topics: - An Atlanta woman's high phone bill to her parents - Dr. Parker and American opera - The Kaiser designing senate costumes - Church behavior during Dr. Crossfield's sermon The cartoons use exaggerated character types and situations to mock social conventions, court policies, gender relations, and current events of the period. The style is typical early-20th-century Life magazine satirical humor.