Life, 1917-11-15 · page 4 of 40
Life — November 15, 1917 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This cartoon reprints a satirical image originally published in Life on February 15, 1917—nine years earlier. The sketch depicts three figures distributing money or valuables to children, likely representing war profiteering or financial exploitation during World War I. By republishing it in 1926, Life poses a pointed question: has American society progressed morally since the war ended? The implication is that similar corruption or exploitation continues in the post-war period. The accompanying text appeals to readers' consciences, urging subscriptions to support the magazine's moral mission. The cartoon critiques persistent inequality and the failure of wartime promises of reform, suggesting that despite the passage of time, systemic problems remain unchanged.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Have We Moved Since Then? This picture was published in Litre of February 15, 1917. That was about nine months ago. The title was ‘‘Prepared.’’ We re- produce it now for various reasons which the reflective reader will, we believe, quite understand. But this is an ad- vertising page created for the highly laudable and Ps highly moral purpose of getting people to sub- / Special scribe for this prophetic paper. So we ask, y ‘Sgeisxd are vou prepared to go through the coming Zragi9 2ae, Dot. winter without being a regular sub- J Sais? 8 e(hoFeiee scriber? Are you prepared to let / Sor three ‘months to another season pass without having Lire sent to some boy you know at the front? Obey that Subscriptions to Lire may be sent impulse now. to American soldiers abroad at American rates of postage if ad- dressed to them as members of the American Expeditionary Forces. The price of annual subscriptions, Open only to new. subscribers; no sub- postage included, “for. Canadian, scriptions tenewed at this rate. B h Idiers in th pone oe sic y LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. 16 “ One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.52; Foreign, $6.04.) comicbook Sem