Life — September 3, 1914 — page 47: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is an advertisement for Life Publishing Company's colored prints available for home decoration. The page showcases six satirical cartoon prints depicting humorous domestic and social scenes—including a couple in a rowboat, a rooster, people at a ship's railing, a funeral procession, and what appears to be social gatherings. The ad targets middle-class homeowners ("That Bungalow or Den"), marketing these prints as affordable vacation-themed humor to brighten living spaces. Priced at 25-50 cents, they're positioned as gift-worthy items to send to friends. The prints appear to be light domestic comedy rather than serious political satire—jokes about romance, animals, social embarrassment, and gossip that would appeal to early 20th-century popular taste. The "pointed pictures that breathe the spirit of vacation time" suggests gentle, escapist humor for a domestic audience.