Life — September 30, 1915 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Life magazine cover from September 30, 1915 shows a nighttime scene of a figure climbing through a window while another person inside appears to be caught or confronted. The caption "Getting Away With It" suggests a humorous commentary on someone successfully committing or escaping with a crime or misdeed. Without additional context from the magazine's contents, the specific reference remains unclear—it could satirize a public figure evading consequences, a social scandal, or a contemporary crime. The image's stark black-and-white photography and dramatic composition emphasize the illicit nature of the act being depicted, typical of Life's satirical approach to exposing hypocrisy or moral failings in early 20th-century American society.