Life — September 5, 1918 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 335 **Top Cartoon:** Shows a man at a desk (likely a newspaper editor or official) confronted by visitors with papers. The caption reads: "Look here! You've stopped sending my paper." "Mistake, sir. Hope it hasn't mattered." "Mattered! Why, I haven't known for two weeks what my wife has been doing!" This is a joke about newspaper dependency—the implication being that the man relied on reading about his wife's social activities in the paper to know what she was doing, satirizing both newspaper gossip columns and marital disconnect. **Bottom Section:** "Marse Henry, Emeritus" announces Colonel Watterson's retirement from the newspaper. The accompanying cartoon shows bomb-proof traveling vehicles labeled "During an Air-Raid" and "All Clear"—likely referencing WWI air-raid concerns and the absurdity of mobile bomb shelters.