Life — August 31, 1916 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 350 **Top Illustration: "His Spouse: Humph! And You Work for the Weather Bureau!"** This cartoon depicts a couple in a rowboat. The wife appears skeptical or critical of her husband, who apparently works for the Weather Bureau. The joke likely plays on marital discord—the husband predicts weather professionally but cannot manage his domestic situation, or perhaps his weather predictions are as unreliable as their relationship. **Bottom Illustration: "Gulliver and the Lilliputians"** This cartoon shows a large, well-dressed figure (Gulliver) towering over tiny people (Lilliputians). It references Jonathan Swift's *Gulliver's Travels*, likely satirizing how someone in power or authority dominates smaller, weaker opponents or populations—a commentary on power dynamics or bullying.