Life — April 17, 1913 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising for Ainslee's Magazine**, not a political cartoon. The three small comic strips on the left illustrate a domestic scene where a husband appears to be leaving home, with his wife asking "Haven't you forgotten something, dear?" He responds "Why, er—no, I don't think—" and finally says "Oh! Yes." The humor is a genteel marital joke: the wife is reminding her forgetful husband of something (likely a kiss or affectionate goodbye), playing on early 20th-century domestic stereotypes about absent-minded husbands. The main text promotes Bernard Shaw's essay "G.B.S." and other May issue content, noting the essay critiques England—"not apt to meet with approval in England." This is straightforward magazine promotion, not political satire.