Life — October 19, 1916 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page 657 from Life Magazine Analysis This page contains two unrelated humorous pieces: **Top cartoon ("When Her Boy Returns from College"):** Shows a well-dressed man visiting a Native American encampment. The satire appears to target absurd romantic or adventurous behavior—possibly mocking a college-educated man's naive or inappropriate conduct upon returning home. **Bottom section ("A Many-Titled Woman" and "Game"):** The poem humorously catalogs a woman's various family relations—wife, sister, aunt, grandmother, cousin—satirizing how a woman's identity is defined entirely through male-centered family roles. The "Game" dialogue between a Western Farmer's daughter and a young foreman jokes about labor shortcuts and wages, with the punchline involving an egg's cost (five cents), likely poking fun at rural economics or labor disputes of the era. Both pieces use domestic/rural humor typical of early 20th-century satire.