Life — January 15, 1914 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 100 This page contains a satirical article titled "He Was Anxious About Them" featuring two cartoons. The main cartoon "THE SCAB" depicts striking workers confronting what appears to be a strikebreaker (scab), a common labor dispute image from the early 20th century. The accompanying article mocks a newspaper editor's visitor—a wealthy man requesting "murder accounts" for entertainment reading. The satire critiques both upper-class sensationalism and the disconnect between society's elite and working-class struggles. The secondary cartoon "A FROST: HOW THE HOUSE SEEMED TO THE TWO STARS" appears unrelated, depicting theatrical figures. The page concludes with a humorous piece on fur coats, sardonically noting animals' hypothetical pride at their skins adorning city streets and limousines.