Life — April 6, 1916 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "Consider the Lilies" This April 1916 *Life* cartoon satirizes Easter observance among the wealthy and fashionable. The image shows an ornate church interior packed with elaborately dressed society people in formal attire and elaborate hats—the visual markers of upper-class Easter parade tradition. The caption "Consider the Lilies" references the Biblical passage (Matthew 6:28) where Jesus tells followers not to worry about fine clothing, saying even Solomon in his glory wasn't arrayed like the lilies of the field. The satire is direct: the cartoon mocks the contradiction between Christian humility taught on Easter and the ostentatious display of wealth and fashion dominating the actual holiday observance among the privileged classes.