Life — August 24, 1916 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis **The Cartoon:** The illustration shows a seaside beach scene with well-dressed figures on a pier. The dialogue caption reads: "She: PAPA SAYS THAT UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE MONEY YOU CANNOT MARRY ME. / He: BUT IF I MARRY YOU I DO KNOW HOW TO MAKE MONEY." This is a romantic/courtship joke playing on the double meaning of "making money"—the young man suggests that marrying a wealthy woman would itself constitute financial gain. **The Article:** "A New Function" satirizes the idea of appointing Supreme Court justices as presidential candidates. The author argues the Court should remain independent and removed from politics, not serve as a "holding company for presidential candidates." The piece criticizes Charles Evans Hughes (identifiable from context) for allegedly using his Court position to campaign, using invented patriotic slogans. The satire targets the politicization of the judiciary and the inappropriate merging of judicial and executive branch ambitions.