Life — February 21, 1918 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page Analysis This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: **Top illustration**: Shows a couple flanking a radiator labeled "LIFE" with a cityscape visible through a window and two dogs below. The meaning is unclear without additional context. **Two poems**: "Violets in Winter" (attributed to Clinton Scollard) and "Her Choice of Cripples" (attributed to R.D. Lucas) are sentimental/dark verses about romantic preference, likely satirizing popular poetry of the era. **Bottom cartoon** ("Society Note"): Depicts fashionably dressed men and women in formal attire at what appears to be a social gathering. The caption reads: "TRAINS ARE NOT BEING STEPPED ON AS MUCH AS FORMERLY." This social satire likely mocks upper-class behavior and changing fashions—possibly referring to women's hemlines rising (shorter trains on dresses), making the act of "stepping on trains" literally less common.