Life — August 8, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Life Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three satirical pieces from Life magazine (a humor publication, not the photo magazine): 1. **"Life's Horoscopes"** by William Crawford Gorgas - astrological character sketches of public figures (two portraits shown, but their identities aren't clearly labeled in visible text). 2. **A WWI-era cartoon** showing an "Enemy Alien" in an internment camp speaking with guards about hospital conditions, making dark humor about wartime detention. 3. **"That Was Different"** - a brief comedic dialogue between a court and a mother about her son avoiding factory work by claiming he needs to act in movies instead. The humor relies on wartime anxieties, bureaucratic absurdity, and domestic comedy typical of American satirical magazines during the World War I period.