Life — November 30, 1911 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page presents seven satirical cartoon vignettes commenting on November 1920s events and figures. The cartoons include: 1. "Headquarters Now for Minnesota Perambulators" - appears to reference Minnesota politics 2. "King George and Queen Mary Start for the Durbar" - British royalty's travel plans 3. "Dr. Eliot's Peace Travelogue" - likely Harvard president Charles Eliot's peace advocacy 4. "Quite a Drinker" - Prohibition-era commentary showing alcohol smuggling 5. "Ponterville Judge Holds Court in His Bath Tub" - judicial humor 6. "Champ Clark's Little Joke" - former House Speaker Champ Clark 7. "Jury of Women Try an Editor in Los Angeles" - women's expanded legal participation The cartoons employ exaggerated caricature and situational humor to satirize contemporary political figures, legal developments, and social changes of the period, particularly Prohibition and women's evolving civic roles.