Life — May 6, 1915 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page presents six political cartoons satirizing various early 20th-century issues: 1. **"Safety First"** and **"The Survival of the Fittest"** mock WWI-era safety rhetoric versus actual casualties. 2. **"I Did It!"** shows a military figure boasting while holding what appears to be casualty lists, labeled with references to neutral ships and submarines—likely criticizing warmongering. 3. **"Everybody Is Doing It"** depicts a water wagon (presumably alcohol-related, given Prohibition-era context) as commonplace. 4. **"Can He Stand It?"** references population growth concerns with a globe figure. 5. **"Harsh Treatment for Pittsburg Convicts"** criticizes prison conditions. 6. **"M.P. Knits Between Speeches"** appears to mock a politician's theatrical performative activism versus substantive action. The overall tone satirizes political hypocrisy, wartime policies, and social contradictions of the era.