Life — June 25, 1914 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# Target Practice This June 1914 *Life* magazine page shows a romantic scene titled "Target Practice" featuring two figures in naval uniforms aboard what appears to be a warship, positioned beneath a large gun turret with ocean visible in the background. The image likely plays on double meaning: the official military "target practice" involving the ship's weaponry contrasts with the implicit romantic "target" — the couple's embrace. The sailor's uniform and naval setting suggest this is satirizing military life or romance in the context of early 20th-century naval service. The timing (June 1914, weeks before World War I) may carry additional significance, though the cartoon appears primarily humorous rather than explicitly political. The artist is credited as Paul Stahr.