Life — April 30, 1914 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Life Magazine Page Analysis This page features satirical poetry and illustrations about May and courtship. The top section includes two poems—one celebrating spring's arrival ("NOW in the parks once more bein / The tulip leaves earth's jail to break"), and another titled "Inaccurate" mocking a man who drinks heavily despite claims otherwise. The main illustration below, captioned "ROYALTY DISAPPROVES THE TANGO," depicts a biblical or classical scene where a king's daughter observes David dancing and "despised him in her heart." This references the historical account from 1 Samuel, but adapts it to satirize contemporary concerns about the tango—a then-scandalous dance considered morally questionable by respectable society. The joke equates David's undignified dancing with the tango's disreputable status among the elite.