Life — June 13, 1918 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 947 This page contains two distinct cartoons labeled "Historic Boys": **Left cartoon ("Charlie Hughes"):** Shows a caricatured man at scales of justice, with text mentioning remodeling a golf clubhouse by enlarging lockers "for bottles." This appears to satirize prohibition-era hypocrisy—the subject claims civic improvement while actually accommodating alcohol storage, mocking those who flouted liquor laws. **Right cartoon ("The Armour Kid"):** Depicts a man with hanging meat carcasses labeled "Fine Hams," holding a price tag marked "50." **"The Not Too Patriotic Contractor" story:** Criticizes an Army contractor who profiteered during wartime by charging inflated prices for substandard goods rather than serving the government faithfully—satirizing wartime corruption and unpatriotic greed.