Life — December 6, 1917 — page 23: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical illustration depicts a domestic scene with a woman and man seated together, captioned "His New Father." The sketch style is characteristic of late 19th-century American satirical magazine illustration. The cartoon appears to comment on remarriage or a change in paternal authority—likely mocking either a stepfather figure or a shift in family dynamics. The woman's elaborate dress and the man's formal attire suggest middle-class subjects. Without additional context from the magazine's publication date or surrounding articles, the specific political or social target remains unclear, though the title's emphasis on "new" suggests the joke concerns replacing an original father figure. The OCR text provides no legible caption or article to clarify the reference.