Life — January 2, 1913 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains six satirical sketches on various contemporary issues: 1. **Top**: A Milwaukee dairy company's absurd claim to produce milk from hay—mocking dubious commercial claims. 2. **Center**: "German Diplomats May Not Marry Foreign Women"—caricaturing German diplomatic restrictions as overly rigid and dehumanizing. 3. **Left middle**: "Thought Sessions to Win Ballot for Suffragettes"—referring to women's suffrage activism, depicting suffragettes as eccentric. 4. **Right middle**: "Female Attire Now Disguises Chicago Police"—suggesting women police officers were difficult to identify by appearance. 5. **Bottom left**: "Employment Bureau for Noblemen Opens in London"—satirizing European aristocracy as economically obsolete, needing employment agencies. 6. **Bottom right**: "Minneapolis Minister Illustrates His Sermon"—apparently showing clergy using unusual visual aids in religious instruction. The page reflects early-20th-century anxieties about changing social roles, women's rights, and class upheaval.