Life — August 30, 1917 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains WWI-era propaganda satire. The top strip "Follow Your Leader" shows figures leaping through large "I"s in a visual pun, mocking blind obedience to authority. Below are two short pieces: "German Bravery" satirizes Otto Wolff of Germany killing "Baby Fortysomething" (likely a satirical reference to a German military figure), while "German Pride" mocks Heinrich Schultz's poisoned wells as a source of national boasting. The bottom cartoon, "A Moral Work," depicts what appears to be a butcher shop or market with German soldiers and civilians. The caption suggests cynicism about money and moral character—a woman refuses to marry a wealthy man unless someone controls his spending habits. The overall tone is anti-German wartime propaganda, using satire to mock German military practices and moral character.