Life — June 15, 1916 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains two distinct items: **Top:** A cartoon header showing four dogs holding flags spelling "LIFE," apparently the magazine's mascot or logo. **Bottom:** A single-panel comic strip depicting what appears to be a domestic scene on a ship or boat deck. A couple (man and woman in early 20th-century dress) stands apart while three women sit together in conversation. The joke's punchline reads: "She gave her divorce lawyer fifty dollars when he died" / "The lawyer?" / "No—her husband! No good lawyer would die after getting only fifty dollars." This satirizes both the expense of divorce proceedings and the cynical assumption that lawyers prioritize profit over all else—even death. The humor targets lawyer stereotypes about greed rather than any specific political figure or event.