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

What you’re looking at

# Page Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The top half features a **Franklin Simon & Co. advertisement** for women's silk underwear and hosiery, showing three models in undergarments with product descriptions and prices (ranging from $1.45 to $3.95). The bottom half contains an editorial piece titled "Some Pictures That Belong to Yale," discussing Professor Oswald Siren's inspection of the Yale Art Museum's Italian "primitive" paintings and John Trumbull collection. The text urges Yale (and other institutions) to properly preserve these valuable artworks rather than let them deteriorate or be dispersed. A single **cartoon illustration** accompanies this article, showing what appears to be street vendors or working-class figures. The caption reads: "COME ON, FELLERS, FOLLER ME. I KNOW WHERE THERE'S A FRUIT PEDDLER THAT'S TOO FAT TO RUN." This cartoon's connection to the Yale art discussion is unclear from context alone.