Life — January 20, 1916 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page Analysis This page contains three distinct elements: 1. **Top illustration**: An advertisement for city apartments, showing a man reading near a sign advertising rentals "near subway and park." This is straightforward commercial advertising with no political content. 2. **"Open to Question"**: A poem criticizing women's suffrage, arguing women's proper place is domestic (making pies, sweeping, baking) rather than voting. This reflects anti-suffrage sentiment, likely from the early 1900s before women gained voting rights. 3. **"Short History of the Philippines"**: A satirical section mocking American ignorance about the Philippines, referencing Admiral Dewey's conquest and mentioning disputes between Taft and Harrison (likely Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of War William Howard Taft). It critiques U.S. imperial governance of the islands. The "Stock Report" cartoon jokes about business operations being sold like stocks, with humorous pricing.