Life — April 25, 1918 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Berlin Locals (After the War)" This page from *Life* magazine presents post-WWI Berlin commentary through two sections: **Top section**: Text about Bill Hohenzollern (likely a satirical reference to Kaiser Wilhelm II or German nobility) and Berlin's post-war transformations—the Royal Palace becoming a tabernacle, Billy Sunday's evangelical revival meetings drawing crowds, and twenty-three former German military conductors now leading the Berlin Subway orchestra. **"Late Bloomers" illustration**: Shows women in period dress, apparently depicting post-war Berlin's changing social dynamics. **Bottom section**: "His Training" discusses military recruit bayonet training in boarding houses. The satire mocks Germany's post-war upheaval—religious revival replacing imperial authority, militarism persisting in civilian life, and social disruption. The tone is darkly humorous about Germany's struggling transition from imperial power to Weimar Republic.