Life — April 8, 1915 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains two separate satirical cartoons from *Life* magazine: **Top cartoon ("Snob"):** Two Mormon men discuss a friend named Bueler who's cutting off old friends after marriage. The joke plays on Mormon culture and social climbing—the implication being that marriage causes some men to abandon their past. **Bottom cartoon ("Summer Girls and Some're Not"):** Shows a mixed group of people during what appears to be rainy weather. The dialogue between Crawford and Crabshaw discusses whether married men should be conscripted for military service, with Crabshaw arguing they're "used to it"—suggesting marriage is comparable to warfare, a common early-20th-century satirical trope about matrimony. Both cartoons use humor to critique social attitudes toward marriage and changing social status.