Life — May 25, 1916 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 981 **Top Cartoon: "Dad (visiting son in city and put in room with twin beds)"** A father visits his son in the city and worries about sharing a bedroom with twin beds, humorously concerned about who will occupy the other bed. The joke plays on Victorian-era prudishness about sleeping arrangements and implications of impropriety. **Bottom Cartoon: "At the Hairdresser's"** A woman requests her hair be arranged "like Mary Pickford's" — referencing the famous silent film actress Mary Pickford, a major star of the early 20th century. This reflects the common practice of women requesting fashionable hairstyles modeled after popular celebrities. **Text**: Discusses President Wilson's qualifications and administrative experience, suggesting his fitness for office despite previous roles as schoolmaster and governor.